139 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Brunei Darussalam, bringing the total number to 4,814 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 41 additional new cases to 10 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 4524 Cluster that contains six new cases; 4446 Cluster with 10 new cases; 4699 Cluster that contains eight new cases; and 4440 Cluster with three new cases. All the new clusters include cases that were previously reported as cases for which the source of infection has not been identified. In addition, there is 1 imported case recorded. The case arrived in Brunei Darussalam from Russia via Singapore on 3rd of September 2021 on board Singapore SQ148.
Meanwhile, 70 cases are still being investigated to determine the source of the infection. 112 cases have recovered, including 13 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 3,256 cases, with 1,528 cases remaining active. Among the active cases, NINE cases are in critical condition, in which eight of the cases require assistance of artificial ventilation. One case requires the help of an additional heart/lung machine, ECMO. 21 Category 4 cases are now admitted at the Intensive Care Unit for close monitoring. In the past 24 hours, a total of 4,925 samples have been tested for the SARS-Co-V-2 virus which brings the total number of laboratory tests conducted since January 2020 to 296,362 tests.
Source: Radio Television Brunei