166 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Brunei Darussalam yesterday, taking the total cases to 7,116.
There are 47 additional new cases to 10 of the existing active clusters who were previously close contacts with several positive cases. 3 new clusters have been detected namely the 6925 Cluster that contains 7 cases; 6738 Cluster with 12 cases; and 6625 Cluster with 6 cases. 1 cluster is closed after no new cases were detected in the cluster for 28 days which is the Al-Falah/Freda-Radin Cluster. Therefore, current total active clusters are 118. 94 new cases are still being investigated to determine the source of the infection. 153 cases have recovered yesterday, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 4,875, whereas the total number of active cases are 2,192 cases.
Among the cases being treated at the National Isolation Centre, seven are in Category 5 and currently treated at the Intensive Care Unit. All of them require assistance of artificial ventilation with one case requiring the help of an additional heart/lung machine, ECMO. 34 Category 4 cases require oxygen assistance and are under close monitoring. In the past 24 hours, 5,575 samples have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, bringing the total number of laboratory tests conducted since January 2020 to 355,811.
Source: Radio Television Brunei