State minister Masidi Manjun, the official spokesman for the state government on Covid-19, said Pitas recorded an increase of four new cases today from yesterday’s total of 40, making the district go from an orange zone to a red zone.

He said Kalabakan also recorded four new cases to turn the district, which was previously a yellow zone, into a red zone, with a total of 43 active cases in 14 days.

“Sabah recorded 441 new Covid-19 positive cases today, taking the state’s cumulative tally to 27,679.

“A total of 192 cases, or 43.54% of the new cases, stemmed from close contact screening involving Kota Kinabalu, Tawau, Lahad Datu and Sandakan,” he said in a statement today, adding that 738 patients had fully recovered to take the recovery tally in Sabah to 24,519.

A total of 2,027 patients are still being treated, with 663 at hospitals and 1,364 others at the Covid-19 Low-Risk Quarantine and Treatment Centre. A total of 74 patients are in intensive care, with 21 still intubated.

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