116 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed yesterday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 13,246. Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Doktor Haji Awang Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar, Minister of Health stated the matter during the media conference on the latest COVID-19 situation, yesterday afternoon at Dewan Al’Afiah, Ministry of Health.
There are 19 additional new cases to 7 of the existing active clusters who were previously close contacts with several positive cases. Meanwhile, six new clusters were detected that involved 61 cases. All of the new clusters are residence clusters, with two of them, namely; Tumasek Construction Project Cluster and Astal Engineering Staffhouse Cluster are housing clusters where the companies’ employees are residing. Six clusters were closed following no new detected cases in the clusters for 28 days. The closed clusters are Eden Garden Contractor; 4761; 7176; 7290; 7387 and 7591.
Therefore, the current total active clusters stand at 170. 36 new cases are still being investigated to determine the source of the infection. Meanwhile, 213 cases have recovered yesterday, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 11,502 cases, with 1,654 cases remaining active. Among the cases, 6 are in Category 5 and are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit. All of them require assistance of artificial ventilation with two cases requiring additional heart/lung machine, or ECMO. Thirteen cases in Category 4 require oxygen assistance and are under close monitoring. In the past 24 hours, 2,573 samples have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus which brings the total number of lab tests carried out since January 2020 to 507,527.
Source: Radio Television Brunei