109 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Brunei Darussalam, bringing the total number to four thousand 675 cases. Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Doctor Haji Awang Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar, Minister of Health stated the matter yesterday afternoon at a media conference on the latest COVID-19 situation at Dewan Al ‘Afiah, Ministry of Health.
There are 25 additional new cases to 14 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, four new clusters have been detected. These new clusters are the 4163 Cluster that contains seven new cases; 4329 Cluster with 6 new cases; 4571 Cluster that contains four new cases; and 4360 Cluster with seven new cases. All the new clusters include cases that were previously reported as cases for which the source of infection has not been identified. Two clusters have been closed following no new detected cases in the clusters for 28 days. The closed clusters are the Starlodge Cluster and 635 Cluster. Therefore, the current total active clusters are 84 clusters. Meanwhile, 60 cases are still being investigated to determine the source of the infection.
156 cases have recovered, including 20 positive cases from Category 1 that have undergone self-isolation for 14 days at their respective homes. All of them have undergone a second swab test on Day 12 and have been confirmed recovered. With that, the total number of recovered cases in Brunei Darussalam has increased to 3,144 cases, with 1,502 cases remaining active. Among the active cases, ten cases are in critical condition, in which nine of the cases require assistance of artificial ventilation. One case requires the help of an additional heart/lung machine, ECMO. 25 Category 4 cases are now admitted at the Intensive Care Unit for close monitoring. In the past 24 hours, a total of 4,566 samples have been tested for the SARS-Co-V-2 virus which brings the total number of laboratory tests conducted since January 2020 to 291,437 tests.
Source: Radio Television Brunei