124 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Brunei Darussalam yesterday, bringing the total number to 5,385.
Yesterday, there are 56 additional new cases to 11 of the existing active clusters. The cases in these active clusters are individuals who are currently being quarantined and were found to be in contact with several confirmed cases. Meanwhile, two new clusters have been detected. The new clusters are the Fos Thor Vessel Cluster with 11 new cases and 5289 Cluster with 7 new cases. All the new clusters include cases that were previously reported as cases for which the source of infection has not been identified. In the meantime, one cluster has been closed following no new detected cases in the cluster for 28 days. The closed cluster is the 418 Cluster.
Therefore, the current total active clusters are 96. Two new imported COVID-19 cases were reported today. Both cases arrived in the country from Manila. The first case arrived on the 8th of September 2021, whereas the second case arrived on 15th of September 2021. Meanwhile, 48 cases are still being investigated to determine the source of the infection. 102 cases have recovered yesterday, bringing the total number of recovered cases in Brunei Darussalam to 3,677, with 1,673 cases remaining active. Among the active cases, eight cases are in critical condition, in which seven of the cases require assistance of artificial ventilation. One case requires the help of an additional heart/lung machine or ECMO. 25 Category 4 cases are now admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for close monitoring. In the past 24 hours, a total of 5,031 samples have been tested for the SARS-Co-V-2 virus which brings the total number of laboratory tests conducted since January 2020 to 312,046 tests.
Source: Radio Television Brunei