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Lower cases but higher positivity rate
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Published on: Sun, Aug 21, 2022
By: Anthea Peter
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Lower cases but higher positivity rate
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah’s positivity rate increased to 11.71 per cent from 10.60 per cent despite recording a lower caseload of 262 on Saturday compared to 272 the day before.Sabah’s Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said there were 2,443 test samples on Saturday compared to 2,678 the day earlier.
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Kota Kinabalu topped the list with 103 cases, followed by Papar (24), Penampang (24), Tawau (19), Tuaran (18), Sandakan (17) and Putatan (12).
“Six districts did not record any new infections in the previous 24 hours,” said Masidi in a statement, Saturday.
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He said 257 out of 262 cases were category one and two infections, while two cases were recorded in category three and three in category four. No deaths or new clusters were identified. 
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