Kota Kinabalu: Sabah’s Covid-19 situation is stabilising in view of the downward trend of cases and few active clusters, said State Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun.“There are only three active clusters left in Sabah. The State Health Department has also closed the Jalan Kebulian Cluster in Kota Marudu as there are no longer new infection chains related to the cluster.
“Sabah is going through a stabilisation phase and so far, there are no new clusters being recorded,” he said in a statement, Friday, adding that no deaths were recorded.
Masidi said Sabah recorded 270 cases on Friday with Kota Kinabalu topping the list at 71 cases, followed by Penampang (38), Papar (26), Sandakan (15), Tuaran (15), Putatan (12), Sipitang (11) and Tambunan (10).
“Three districts recorded a significant increase, namely Kota Kinabalu (+37), Penampang (+20) and Sandakan (+10). As reminder to all, sporadic infections are still high which accounts for 61.48 per cent of the caseload.
“Telupid, Nabawan and Tongod did not record any new cases,” he added.
Masidi said the majority of cases are mild, with 258 out of 270 being category one and two infections, adding that three are in category three, four in category four and five in category five.
Some 965 Covid-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital while 323 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 6,756 individuals were vaccinated on March 31, of which 6,164 were adults, while 66 were teenagers and 526 were children.
As of March 31, he said a total of 2,407,367 individuals have completed both doses, of which 76.95 per cent were adults, while 2,562,165 have gotten their first dose, of which 78.51 per cent were adults.
Masidi added that a total of 332,515 teenagers have received their first dose, while 316,902 have completed both doses, which is 74.36 per cent of the teenage population. A total of 90,844 children have received their first dose.
