Covid-19: Sabah records 1,600 new cases, two clusters

KOTA KINABALU: Covid-19 cases in Sabah continues its upward trend on Monday (Feb 7), with 1,600 new cases and two new clusters involving a school and a workplace.

State Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Maspidi Manjun said that new cases in the state were spiking, with 315 more cases than Sunday (Feb 6).

He said there were four districts with three-digit increases in cases – Kota Kinabalu with 371, Sandakan (322), Tuaran (150) and Penampang (138).

He said with the two new clusters, there were now 26 active clusters in Sabah, with only six clusters recording new cases.

He said the two clusters involved a workplace cluster in Ladang Giram, Kunak, involving a 37-year-old local man who started having symptoms on Jan 31 and screening of his co-workers and family found 19 more cases.

The second cluster involved a 15-year-old boarding school student of SM Maktab Sabah in Kota Kinabalu who started showing symptoms on Feb 3.

She was admitted to a quarantine centre for further treatment and screening of close contacts revealed 79 cases, 17 of whom were students.

Those found positive were in the mildly symptomatic category (Category 2) and were sent to a quarantine centre and given appropriate treatment.

A total of 1,587 out of 1,600 cases Monday were in Categories 1 and 2. There were eight cases in Category 3, five cases in Category 4 and no cases were recorded in Category 5.