KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s northern Kota Marudu district, which has been a green zone since the start of the movement control order on March 18, has detected its first Covid-19 case, says state Health Department director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi.
The patient from the northern district was referred to the Likas Women and Children Hospital here after she sought treatment for a medical condition at the Kota Marudu Hospital, she said.
On being tested at the hospital here, Dr Rundi said, the patient was found positive and follow-up measures were being taken to investigate the source of the infection.
The Kota Marudu patient and a passenger returning on a commercial flight from Kuala Lumpur were among the 340 cases recorded in Sabah as of Friday.
Five deaths were reported so far and 31 are still being treated at six hospitals in the state.
Dr Rundi said the second case involved a quarantined passenger who had returned to Tawau from Kuala Lumpur.
“The patient was admitted to the Tawau district hospital after tests found him positive with Covid-19 on May 21,” she said, adding that authorities were investigating the source of the infection.
The patient from the northern district was referred to the Likas Women and Children Hospital here after she sought treatment for a medical condition at the Kota Marudu Hospital, she said.
On being tested at the hospital here, Dr Rundi said, the patient was found positive and follow-up measures were being taken to investigate the source of the infection.
The Kota Marudu patient and a passenger returning on a commercial flight from Kuala Lumpur were among the 340 cases recorded in Sabah as of Friday.
Five deaths were reported so far and 31 are still being treated at six hospitals in the state.
Dr Rundi said the second case involved a quarantined passenger who had returned to Tawau from Kuala Lumpur.
“The patient was admitted to the Tawau district hospital after tests found him positive with Covid-19 on May 21,” she said, adding that authorities were investigating the source of the infection.
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