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Sabah's Benteng cluster cases jump by 51 today
Published on: Monday, September 07, 2020
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Sabah's Benteng cluster cases jump by 51 today
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah's Covid-19 cases jumped by 51 on Monday with 50 of them including 28 foreigners found in the Lahad Datu Benteng cluster and remaining one a severe acute respiratory infection case in the district, said the Ministry of Health.

There are now 66 positive cases in the cluster, 64 of them inmates and the remaining two a prisons officer and his/her nephew/niece.

The cluster is spread over Lahad Datu and Tawau and consists of 30 (45.5 percent) locals and 36 foreigners (54.5 percent).

Lahad Datu now has 50 cases and still has 33 individuals still awaiting their test results while Tawau has 16 cases and 738 pending test results.

The Ministry said the cluster spread because the lockups were crowded and physical distancing was hard to implement.

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