Serious cases in Sarawak cut by half as more get jabs

Serious cases in Sarawak cut by half as more get jabs

State health director says the number of Category 4 and Category 5 cases dropped from an average of 268 a day in June to 150 in July.

The number of people needing intensive care in Sarawak has dropped from a daily average of 83 in June to 45 in July. (Bernama pic)
KUCHING:
The number of serious Covid-19 cases requiring intensive monitoring and treatment at hospitals in Sarawak has dropped in the wake of increased coverage of the national immunisation programme, state health director Dr Mohamed Sapian Mohamed said today.

He said the number of Category 4 cases (having pneumonia and requiring oxygen support) and Category 5 cases (critical and needing ventilators) has dropped from an average of 268 a day in June to 150 in July this year.

He said the number of cases requiring critical treatment had also gone down from an average of 83 per day in June to 45 in July, while the number of deaths had also dropped from 108 in June to 45 in July.

Sapian also said that Sarawak had achieved an inoculation level of 86.7% among its adult population for the first dose and 66.6% for the second dose. By the end of August, it is expected that 70% of Sarawak’s population would have been fully inoculated, he said.

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