KK prison cluster continues to record new Covid-19 cases

 

The Sabah capital recorded the highest number of new daily Covid-19 cases with most of them coming from the prison in Kepayan. - NSTP file pic
The Sabah capital recorded the highest number of new daily Covid-19 cases with most of them coming from the prison in Kepayan. - NSTP file pic

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah capital recorded the highest number of new daily Covid-19 cases with most of them coming from the prison in Kepayan.

The existing Tembok Kota Kinabalu cluster reported 34 infections yesterday.

Today, out of 70 Covid-19 cases in the city, the cluster at the prison contributed 27 cases, while the Samedra cluster had two cases. Another case was from Jalan Bundusan cluster.

Sabah Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said apart from those existing clusters, targeted and close contacts screenings also caused the spike of infections in Kota Kinabalu.

Today, Sabah recorded 258 Covid-19 cases with Beluran being the only green zone in the state.

Seven districts that have two digits cases including Kota Kinabalu (71), Tawau (43), Kudat (36), Keningau (23), Kota Belud (19), Sandakan and Kinabatangan (11)

Twelve districts recorded single digit in the number of cases, while there are no cases reported in another eight districts.

As for daily Covid-19 vaccination rate, Sabah administered 3,507 for first dose recipients and 6,794 for second dose recipients today.

To date, 873,818 or 30.5 per cent of eligible recipients in Sabah have registered for the inoculation programme.



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