KUCHING: Sibu and Kuching districts in Sarawak were Sunday declared red zones following the increase in the Covid-19 cases in both areas in the last 14 days.The State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) in a statement said 44 cases of local infections were reported in Sibu and 41 cases in Kuching during this period.
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The Selangau and Sebauh districts went from green zones to yellow when they each recorded a positive case of Covid-19 during the same period.
“Samarahan, Miri, Sibu, Bintulu, Meradong, Bukit Mabong, and Sri Aman districts remain yellow zones with a total of 20 cases in the last 14 days.
Meanwhile, JPBN said that Sarawak recorded 24 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, making the cumulative number of pandemic infections in the state at 1,275 cases.
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Seven of the new cases were detected in Kuching, five each in Miri and Sibu, two in Sri Aman, and one each in Bintulu, Samarahan, Sebauh, Selangau and Serian.
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