hospital, 10 at miri hospital, 9 at sarawak general hospital and 8 at bintulu hospital bringing the total positive cases to 1,920. 9 new recoveries 6 cases recorded in miri hospital and 3 at sarawak general hospital making the total recoveries in the state to 1,131. on 15 january, sarawak recorded 60 new positive case where 46 cases were admitted at sibu hospital, 10 at miri hospital and 4 at sarawak general hospital bringing the total positive cases to 1,980. 6 new recoveries 3 cases recorded in sarawak general hospital, 2 at miri hospital and one at sibu hospital making the total recoveries in the state to 1,137. on 16 january, sarawak recorded 69 new positive case where 40 cases were admitted at sibu hospital,15 at sarawak general hospital, 10 at bintulu hospital and 4 at miri hospital bringing the total positive cases to 2,049. 11 new recoveries 7 cases recorded in sarawak general hospital and 4 at sibu hospital making the total recoveries in the state to 1,148. april 2021 on 16 april, sarawak reported a record of 960 new cases, the highest reported in a single day in the state. statistics summary current covid-19 update in sarawak date new cases cumulative new recoveries total recoveries new death(s) total deaths active cases local import local import malaysian non-malaysian 7 may 2021 n/a n/a 2 33,687 159 582 27,368 6 201 6,658 758 760 33,477 cases by districts distribution of cases by districts in sarawak (5 may 2021) district new cases totalcumulative cases zone status asajaya 0 44 yellow bau 1 197 red belaga 10 126 beluru 3 474 betong 6 534 orange bintulu 27 4,864 red bukit mabong 11 555 dalat 0 259 yellow daro 0 19 julau 3 473 red kabong 0 32 yellow kanowit 28 855 red kapit 25 1,797 kuching 33 3,565 lawas 0 28 yellow limbang 1 66 lubok antu 1 43 lundu 10 177 red marudi 0 70 yellow matu 0 141 orange meradong 5 1,045 red miri 15 3,317 mukah 35 875 pakan 15 201 pusa 0 21 yellow samarahan 2 684 red saratok 0 228 sarikei 1 467 sebauh 3 201 selangau 18 507 serian 17 1,096 sibu 133 8,018 simunjan 0 18 yellow song 4 562 red sri aman 3 711 subis 0 578 tanjung manis 0 62 orange tatau 0 113 tebedu 9 56 telang usan 0 7 yellow total 419 33,056 — ended no. cluster name district(s) total cases death(s) date ended 1 pui itali kuching 65 5 30 may 2020 2 petugas kesihatan kuching kuching 68 0 6 june 2020 3 persidangan gereja kuching, samarahan & serian 191 3 23 june 2020 4 kidurong bintulu 8 0 20 july 2020 5 tapak pembinaan kuching kuching 3 0 22 july 2020 6 pusat perubatan kuching kuching 3 0 13 august 2020 7 jupiter bintulu 3 0 8 jeti kuching kuching 2 0 16 august 2020 9 pasar stutong kuching 7 0 20 august 2020 10 syarikat pembinaan kuching kuching 2 0 22 august 2020 11 sentosa kuching, bau, samarahan & serian 31 0 25 august 2020 12 kejuruteraan kuching kuching 8 0 13 satok kuching 4 0 14 pui melbourne kuching 3 0 15 mambong kuching & samarahan 7 0 26 august 2020 16 alam bintulu 8 0 26 september 2020 17 putra bintulu 5 0 8 november 2020 18 bah arnab kuching 12 0 15 november 2020 19 baki kuching 46 0 5 december 2020 20 seladah kuching & serian 9 0 21 abell kuching 15 0 12 december 2020 22 wisma saberkas kuching & samarahan 44 0 13 december 2020 23 greenhill kuching, miri & bintulu 91 0 14 december 2020 24 besi demak kuching 12 0 19 december 2020 25 mador meradong & sibu 8 0 30 january 2021 26 keranji tabuan kuching & miri 15 0 16 february 2021 27 stutong kuching 41 0 22 february 2021 28 bah sayap miri 96 0 23 february 2021 29 bedayan kuching & samarahan 17 0 1 march 2021 30 bukit sekubong bintulu & sebauh 33 0 3 march 2021 31 indah riang kuching, simunjan, samarahan & saratok 21 1 7 march 2021 32 jelita miri & kuching 56 0 33 jalan pengiran matu 24 0 11 march 2021 34 bintang daily meradong 10 0 12 march 2021 35 tabong bau & samarahan 35 0 15 march 2021 36 sebangkoi sri aman 34 0 21 march 2021 37 jun heng bintulu 35 0 22 march 2021 38 nanga lijan julau 61 0 23 march 2021 39 univista kuching 61 0 40 kidurong dua bintulu 14 1 41 jalan geronggang sibu 43 3 24 march 2021 42 kejatau sri aman 20 0 28 march 2021 43 jan yong kapit 24 0 44 seruas beluru 83 0 45 rakut miri, bintulu, julau, kuching, subis, beluru & telang usan 188 0 46 jalan ho pin samarahan, kuching & serian 18 0 4 april 2021 47 melor pusa 15 0 11 april 2021 48 kampung sungai maong kuching 54 0 49 buloh selangau 37 1 13 april 2021 50 pasai sibu, mukah, miri, sri aman, kanowit, kapit, simunjan, dalat, bintulu, kuching, julau, sarikei, selangau, beluru, betong, belaga, subis, song, lundu, sebauh & bukit mabong 2,693 25 51 jalan main bazaar sri aman 15 0 14 april 2021 52 bukit tunggal julau 49 1 15 april 2021 53 kiba sibu 50 1 54 buloh pasi meradong 22 0 18 april 2021 55 sena miri, subis & lawas 86 0 56 jalan green kuching 33 0 57 sungai bakong meradong 207 0 58 nanga bulo julau 40 0 20 april 2021 59 jalan awang sibu 60 0 60 sungai atap meradong 23 0 24 april 2021 61 begalak sibu & song 72 0 62 jalan tanjung kidurong bintulu 63 0 1 may 2021 63 jalan tanjung bintulu 71 0 64 jalan merpati miri & sibu 133 0 65 rajang sarikei, tanjung manis & kuching 40 2 66 sungai mupong sibu & meradong 18 0 2 may 2021 67 tanjung genting meradong, sarikei, sibu & julau 123 0 3 may 2021 68 jalan kampung hilir sibu & bintulu 62 0 5 may 2021 69 taman vistagro sri aman 25 0 70 jalan muhibbah betong & sri aman 370 2 71 gelong kapit, bukit mabong & sibu 296 0 7 may 2021 active cluster name district(s) total cases death(s) cluster category jalan gridbid miri & beluru 57 0 community kampung baru hilir samarahan, tebedu, kuching & serian 115 0 community lorong desa senadin miri, mukah & subis 49 0 workplace depot imigresen semuja serian 447 0 detention center jalan badarudin kuching 19 0 workplace jalan bangunan kerajaan beluru & miri 51 1 workplace jalan kingsway miri & marudi 93 0 workplace sungai rassau sibu & matu 17 0 community batu gong serian 109 0 community jalan sultan iskandar bintulu 27 0 workplace jalan sanyan sibu 146 0 workplace jepak bintulu 57 0 community emperoh jambu kuching, samarahan, bau, serian, asajaya & saratok 376 0 community chupak serian & samarahan 125 0 community sungai selitut bintulu & tatau 19 0 community tembok sri aman sri aman & saratok 381 0 detention center bulatan aman sibu 225 0 workplace taman mesra bako kuching & samarahan 64 0 community jalan baji sarikei, miri & tanjung manis 102 0 community nanga kelangas julau 40 0 community jalan puncak borneo kuching & samarahan 488 0 workplace jalan bintulu sibu tatau & bintulu 23 0 school/educational institution kampung binyu kuching, bintulu, samarahan, simunjan, asajaya, bau & kabong 166 0 community sungai rian meradong & sarikei 59 0 community sungai lemayong meradong & sarikei 77 0 community ulu balingian selangau 105 0 school/educational institution jalan ding lik kwong sibu 33 1 workplace sungai duan mukah 277 1 community pondok belaga belaga 9 0 workplace sungai senibung julau 14 0 school/educational institution putai kapit & bukit mabong 313 0 workplace pujut satu miri 28 0 workplace sungai banus selangau & sibu 47 0 community jalan bambangan mukah & dalat 274 0 school/educational institution sungai passin matu & sibu 59 0 community jalan kapitan marudi 35 0 community jalan sebauh-bintulu sebauh & bintulu 73 0 community ulu strass meradong 25 1 community sungai kawi meradong, sibu, kabong & sarikei 234 0 community tabuan jaya kuching, serian & samarahan 23 0 school/educational institution jalan maju sibu & kanowit 93 0 workplace duranda emas serian & kuching 60 0 community tarat tani serian & samarahan 49 0 community disso saratok & betong 92 1 community kampung tengah betong betong 22 0 community jalan selirik kapit 139 0 school/educational institution jalan agama miri 38 0 school/educational institution air padang miri & kuching 19 0 workplace jalan disa sibu 119 0 school/educational institution sungai ranan kanowit 94 0 community sungai tuah kanowit 39 0 community sungai ngungun kanowit 28 0 community abak bon subis & miri 214 1 community nanga tajam selangau & sibu 65 0 community sungai gemuan meradong 91 2 community rayang serian 81 0 community jalan roban lama saratok, betong & kabong 78 0 school/educational institution melugu sri aman & lubok antu 89 0 school/educational institution sileng dayak lundu & kuching 82 0 community long jegan beluru & miri 67 0 school/educational institution sungai nirai selangau 51 0 community durin bau 9 0 community sungai sebemban bintulu 21 0 community sungai tengah kuching & bau 38 0 community sebujok betong, sri aman, lubok antu 23 0 community sains bakam miri 26 0 school/educational institution batu 25 bintulu & sebauh 98 0 community bungey betong 25 0 community jalan sawit sarikei 27 0 workplace tanjung kibong sibu 35 0 workplace sungai mas bintulu 53 0 community mongkos kuching & tebedu 30 0 community blok d jalan pending kuching, bau, sibu & samarahan 54 0 workplace penurin betong & kuching 23 0 community jalan limbang miri 18 0 religious beladin pusa 46 0 religious charts total confirmed cases active cases recoveries deaths new cases active cases preventive measures by state government fever screening counter at bintangor clinic. interspacing seats in bintangor clinic. movement control orders phase 1 (18 march - 31 march) on 16 march, sarawak chief minister datuk patinggi abang johari tun openg announced several control measures to prevent covid-19 infections from further escalating in the state. among the several control measures imposed are: all schools in sarawak have been advised to extend their holidays for another week until 29 march 2020. all preschools, kindergartens and tahfiz schools state-wide are instructed to close for two weeks effective 17 march 2020. higher education institutions, both government and private, are to defer their new academic session by two weeks, effective 17 march 2020. all state government official functions involving more than 50 people will be cancelled or postponed until further notice. all visitors (foreign and domestic) coming into sarawak and returning sarawakians will be issued with a 14-day stay home notice (shn). this includes sarawak residents, and long-term and short-term pass holders. this will take effect on 18 march 2020. the relevant agencies will monitor the stay home notice holders through random visits, phone calls and modern technology applications. exemptions will only be given by the state health department to those required to travel under special circumstances, such as official and business duties. everyone is advised to practice the highest standard of personal hygiene and to strictly practice social distancing. on 18 march, the sarawak government has advised all government offices (except essential services), business premises (except business premises dealing with daily essentials) and factories (except those in samalaju, hi-tech samajaya, and plywood factories which are allowed to operate with minimum staffs) will be closed. restaurant and eateries are allowed to open and operate for takeaways only (drinking/dining in the premises are prohibited). people are allowed to leave houses, but for purchasing essential items, important goods and services only. on 19 march, sarawak government and housing ministry orders all food premises and stalls to close by 8pm (utc+8) daily throughout the movement control order period. on 20 march, all fast food outlets (including drive thru services) and supermarkets will stop operation by 8pm (utc+8) but convenience store and petrol station will operate as usual. on 22 march, the sarawak disaster management committee said all hypermarkets, supermarkets, markets, coffee shops, private clinics, restaurants, 24-hour convenience stores and petrol