Covid-19: Sarawak's 17th fatality a 72-year-old man


KUCHING: A 72-year-old man became Sarawak's latest Covid-19 fatality, taking the state's death toll to 17.

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said the man from Kampung Tabuan Lot here went to the Sarawak Heart Centre in Kota Samarahan on April 16 after suffering from a fever and cough from April 13.

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