Sabah's latest Covid-19 caseload 'explodes' mainly due to Papar cluster new cases

7 May 2021 • 5:24 PM MYT
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Kota Kinabalu: Sabah's new Covid-19 cases \"exploded\" by 153 cases today as more test results from a Papar religious secondary school cluster were known, said Datuk Masidi Manjun.

\"The daily number exploded to 153 today as more test results on students in Papar (Kuala cluster) are known, 44 new cases,\" Sabah's spokesman for the crisis announced on Twitter.

\"So too in Kalabakan with the Umas cluster with 39, a new LPS cluster in Kinabatangan added another 19. KK 17, Semporna 10, Tawau nine.\"

The Papar cluster involves Sekolah Menengah Agama Pantai Manis.

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