Kota Kinabalu: Sabah’s Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun reminded the public that the State’s Covid-19 situation is not stable yet despite cases falling below the 2,000 mark.
“The high percentage of sporadic infections in 22 out of 27 districts in Sabah is a sign that Sabah has not reached the stabilisation phase and a drastic yoyo trend is expected to occur,” he said, Wednesday, adding that Sabah’s sporadic rate was 60.65 per cent. He added that the rise of cases in several districts is also a clear sign that the caseload is expected to increase in the near future.
Sabah’s cases rose slightly to 1,352 on Wednesday from 1,216 the day earlier, while the death tally rose to 18.
Kota Belud topped the death tally with six fatalities, followed by three in Kota
Kinabalu, two in Lahad Datu and one each in Sandakan, Tambunan, Kota Marudu, Kinabatangan, Keningau, Tuaran and Beluran.
On the caseload, 15 districts recorded an increase in cases with three districts recording a significant rise namely Kota Kinabalu (+81), Tuaran (+31) and Lahad Datu (+27), while only 12 districts recorded a decrease in cases.
“Tuaran’s cases are back in the triple digits with 113, along with Kota Kinabalu (365), Penampang (119) and Papar (111),” he added.
No new clusters were identified on Wednesday. The majority of cases are mild with 1,340 out of 1,352 cases being category one and two infections, which is 99.12 per cent.
“Three cases are in category three, seven in category four and two in category five,” he added.
Some 2,532 Covid-19 patients have been discharged from hospital while 1,251 patients are currently receiving treatment at hospitals, low risk quarantine and treatment centres (PKRCs), prisons/temporary detention centres and private facilities.
On Sabah’s immunisation programme, Masidi said 11,320 individuals were vaccinated on Mar 8, of which 11,320 were adults while 152 were teenagers and 1,889 were children.
As of March 8, some 2,403,084 individuals had completed both doses, of which 76.84 per cent were adults, while 2,530,950 have gotten their first dose, of which 78.39 per cent were adults.
Masidi added that 331,612 teenagers have received their first dose, while 315,662 have completed both doses, which is 74.06 per cent of the teenage population. A total of 69,901 children have received their first dose.
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