Three new positive Covid-19 cases detected in Sabah yesterday
CORONAVIRUS | Sabah recorded three new positive Covid-19 cases yesterday, with one case each in Lahad Datu, Papar and Penampang.
State Health director Dr Christina Rundi said the new cases brings the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in Sabah as of yesterday to 392....
CORONAVIRUS | Sabah recorded three new positive Covid-19 cases yesterday, with one case each in Lahad Datu, Papar and Penampang.
State Health director Dr Christina Rundi said the new cases bring the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in Sabah as of yesterday to 392.
"The 390th case is a local boy from Papar who is a patient in need of prolonged follow-up treatment at the Women and Children’s Hospital before he was confirmed positive with Covid-19 after a high-risk screening.
"Case 391 is a local woman from Lahad Datu who received treatment at the Emergency and Trauma Department of Lahad Datu Hospital for fever before she was confirmed positive during screening at the ward,” she said in a statement today.
The 392nd case involved a local man from Penampang, who was confirmed positive during screening for travellers from abroad and he had been admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu, Christina added.
Case 390 and Case 391 were categorised as local infections, while Case 392 was categorised as an imported case.
Meanwhile, Christina said Hepatitis B was still a public health problem in Sabah.
She said a total of 1,332 Hepatitis B cases were reported in the state in 2017, 2018 (1,281 cases), 2019 (1,303) and 551 cases reported this year until July 25.
- Bernama
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