41 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Brunei Darussalam, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 13,905. Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Doctor 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.
Joining the conference were Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia Doctor Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong, Minister of Home Affairs; and Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Doctor Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister of Finance and Economy.
There are 6 additional new cases to 5 of the existing active clusters who were previously close contacts with several positive cases. Meanwhile, three new clusters were detected that involved 23 cases. All the new clusters are accommodation clusters, in which one of them is the ABMS Sdn Bhd staff house Cluster, where the company’s employees are residing. Three clusters were closed following no new detected cases in the clusters for 28 days. The closed clusters are Ops Pengkalan Gadong, 6601 and 7302. Therefore, the current total active clusters stand at 177. In addition, 1 import case was reported who arrived in Brunei Darussalam from Manila on board Royal Brunei Airlines BI 684 on the 3rd of November 2021. 11 new cases are still being investigated to determine the source of infection.
Meanwhile, one hundred and eight cases have recovered, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 13,008, with 803 cases remaining active. Among the cases, seven 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 additional heart/lung machine, or ECMO. Four cases in Category 4 require oxygen assistance and are under close monitoring. In the past 24 hours, 4,682 samples have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus which brings the total number of lab tests carried out since January 2020 to 539,956.
Source: Radio Television Brunei