Sabah R0 for Covid-19 shows downward trend

 By Olivia Miwil - November 2, 2020 @ 9:15pm

The infectivity rate for Covid-19 in Sabah has shown a downward trend after a battle that has lasted more than a month so far. - Bernama pic

KOTA KINABALU: The infectivity rate for Covid-19 in Sabah has shown a downward trend after a battle that has lasted more than a month so far.

Sabah Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said the R-naught (R0) for Sabah was currently at 1.0 which means each infected person can infect one other person, on average.

"The infectivity now is 1.0, compared to a month ago which was 1.6. It shows that Covid-19 cases have declined in tandem with the rest of the country," he said during a virtual press conference, adding however that there were still 6,139 Covid-19 samples to be processed.

Today, Sabah recorded 503 new cases and two deaths, one each in Sandakan and the state capital.

Kota Kinabalu remains the district with the highest new number of cases at 149, follwoed by Tawau (138), Putatan (42), Papar (37), Sandakan (34), Lahad Datu (29), Keningau (20), Penampang (19), Kota Belud (nine), Tuaran (eight), Semporna (seven), Kudat (five) , Kinabatangan and Kota Marudu (two each), and Telupid and Pitas (one each).

A new cluster in the Tawau Temporary Detention Centre also showed 104 of the detainees tested positive after screening.

Earlier, at a separate press conference by the National Security Council, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had approved the extension of the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) at Kepayan Prison and the prison quarters at Taman Mat Salleh at Kampung Matambai from tomorrow until Nov 16.