Sarawak adds 22 more Covid-19 patients, another death
BY SULOK TAWIE
KUCHING, April 21 — Sarawak recorded another death from coronavirus disease infection and 22 new positive cases, state Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said today. “The case started getting sick on April 3 and was admitted to SGH on April 6. The result of the test on the sample taken from him on April 7 was positive for Covid-19,” Uggah said in his daily media briefing on the Covid-19 situation in the state.Uggah, who is also the deputy chief minister, said the 22 positive cases recorded today brought the total number to 436 since the first case was registered on March 13.
He said out of 190 PUI cases, 136 of them are from Kuching district, and this is followed by Samarahan and Serian districts with 16 each, Miri , Bau , Lundu and Lubok Antu with two each and Tebedu and Bintulu, with one each.
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