KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s Covid-19 infections showed a downward trend yesterday, falling to 2,174 cases compared to 2,874 cases on Sunday.

       Sabah Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said seven districts recorded three-digit cases, with Kota Kinabalu maintaining the highest number of cases at 555.

       It was followed by neighbouring Penampang with 252 cases, Putatan (223), Papar (204), Tuaran (181), Keningau (105) and Kota Belud (101).

       “A total of 17 more districts recorded double-digit cases, while two districts recorded single-digit cases followed by one district, Semporna, which did not record new cases yesterday,” he said in a statement.

       However, he said the rate of sporadic cases or symptomatic infections was still high at 62.74%, which could trigger new cases at any time.

       He also noted that the drop in daily cases was also due to less backlog cases in Kota Kinabalu, Penampang and Putatan.

       Sabah hit its highest figure of over 5,000 new cases at least three times last week.

       A total of 2,150 or 98.9% of the 2,174 cases on Monday were in Categories One and Two, eight in Category Three, 10 in Category Four and six in Category Five.

       On the National Children’s Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICKids), Masidi said that so far, Sabah has vaccinated 45,381 out of its 411,400 children aged five to 11.

       He said a total of 246 new cases yesterday involved children aged below 11 who were not vaccinated, with 121 of them not yet eligible for the vaccine, namely those below five years old.