22 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the country yesterday, bringing the total COVID-19 cases to 15,058. Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Doctor Haji Awang Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar, Minister of Health stated the matter at a media conference on the latest COVID-19 situation yesterday afternoon at Dewan Al’Afiah, Ministry of Health.
There are 6 additional new cases to 3 of the existing active clusters who are close contacts with several positive cases. Meanwhile, 2 new clusters were detected involving 8 cases. The new clusters are private accommodation clusters. Five clusters were closed following no new detected cases for 28 days, namely 12836, 12893, Megalift Sdn. Bhd., Kilanas Staff house and WYWY Lambak Staff House Clusters. The current total active clusters stand at 132. Eight new cases are still being investigated to determine the source of infection. 39 cases have recovered, taking the total recovered cases to 14,451, with 508 cases remaining active.
Among the cases, four are in Category 5 and are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit. All of them require assistance of artificial ventilation, with one case requiring the additional heart/lung machine, ECMO. 1,842 samples have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus which brings the total number of lab tests carried out since January 2020 to 614,805.
Source: Radio Television Brunei