Record 5,082 new cases, two new school clusters in Sabah

16 Feb 2022 • 2:20 PM MYT
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Kota Kinabalu: Sabah broke its record again today with 5,082 new Covid-19 cases, the first time it breached the 5,000 mark, and also registered two new school clusters.

"Ribu! (Thousands!). In fact, record 5,082 cases today, 59.6% symptomatic," Sabah's spokesman for the crisis, Datuk Masidi Manjun, announced on Twitter.

"KK 1,086 with 59.5% symptomatic/sporadic, Sandakan 500, Penampang 463, Tuaran 421, Papar 313, Tawau 310.

"Two new school clusters; 604 children below 11 yr old infected."

99.72 percent of the cases were asymptomatic or light infections, added Masidi.

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