It was one of the two new Covid-19 clusters in the district that were traced back to community events where those in attendance failed to comply with SOPs, state local government and housing minister Masidi Manjun said.

He said the 31-year-old health officer was confirmed positive on Oct 7 but went ahead and held the family get-together at his family home in Kampung Bawan.

The other cluster – the Kampung Batu 66 cluster – was sparked by a 36-year-old woman who was confirmed positive on Oct 8 and is linked to her father’s wake in the village, which was attended by relatives and neighbours.

“The Kampung Bawan cluster is a workplace cluster involving a government clinic with 34 infections, the majority being the index case’s family members and work colleagues, while the Kampung Batu 66 cluster is a community cluster with 29 cases of family members and people who attended the wake,” Masidi said in a statement tonight.

Sabah recorded 651 new Covid-19 cases today, with 361 of them detected from close contact screenings, 228 from symptomatic screenings and the remainder from other types of screenings, he said.

The total Covid-19 cases in the state is currently 212,329, while 541 recoveries were recorded today, bringing the state’s total to 201,466 recoveries so far.

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