31 New COVID-19 Cases

31 new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday, taking the country's total COVID-19 cases to 16,179.

The Ministry of Health in its press release stated that out of the new cases, 16 are local while 15 others are imported. 3,123 lab tests were carried out in the past 24 hours, with the rate of positive cases at 1 percent.

Meanwhile, there are 377 active cases after 18 cases recovered, bringing total recovered cases to 15,700. Bed occupancy rate in isolation centres nationwide is 9.7 percent.

As of 24th January 2022, 94.8 percent of the total population have received at least one dose of the vaccine, 93.9 percent with 2 doses, and 37.8 percent have received 3 doses of the vaccine.

In the meantime, 1 compound fine was issued for the movement restriction carried out from midnightuntil 4 in the morning.

Source: Radio Television Brunei