KOTA KINABALU: A brand new cluster involving a hostel pupil in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) noticed Sabah’s cases spike to 232 cases Tuesday (Dec 14).
State Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun stated that the index case of the Puncak Ilmu cluster was a male pupil residing on the hostel.
He stated {that a} complete of 40 college students and UMS workers in shut contact with the scholar have been additionally examined constructive for Covid-19.
He stated the brand new cluster was the important thing contributor to Tuesday’s 232 cases that confirmed a rise of 51 new cases as in contrast to 181 constructive cases on Monday (Dec 13).
However, he stated that 215 new sufferers have been underneath Category 1 and a pair of of the an infection, whereas 4 sufferers have been positioned underneath Category 3, three sufferers underneath Category 4 and none have been underneath essentially the most extreme an infection, which is class 5.
Ten different cases are nonetheless underneath analysis by the state well being authority.
