“This is the lowest caseload in Sabah since May,” state local government and housing minister Masidi Manjun told FMT when contacted.

The last time the number of cases went below 100 was on May 18, with 95 infections.

The state’s daily infections hit a record high of 3,487 on Aug 26 this year.

Masidi said the cases today were fewer by 19 than that of yesterday. Of the 108 cases, 104 were in Categories 1 and 2, two cases in Category 3 and one each in Categories 4 and 5.

“To many around the world, today is Boxing Day. We have not ‘KO-ed’ (knocked out) Covid-19, but there are signs of improvement if we continue to observe the SOPs and other health safety advice,” he said.

He added the caseload today was also consistent with Sabah’s infectivity rate of 0.81 recorded yesterday and the lower reading indicated that the transmission rate is decreasing and is under control.

As of yesterday, Sabah had registered 239,482 cumulative Covid-19 cases and 232,071 recoveries. There have been 2,770 deaths overall.

A total of 2,401,469 people in the state have also completed two shots of the vaccine.

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