90 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Brunei Darussalam, bringing the total number to 5,047. 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 23 additional new cases to 13 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 4771 Cluster that contains 3 new cases; 4772 Cluster that contains 4 new cases; 4785 Cluster that contains 3 new cases; and 4761 Cluster that contains 7 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 1385 Cluster and 1387 Cluster. Therefore, the current total active clusters are 91 clusters.
Meanwhile, 50 cases are still being investigated to determine the source of the infection. 122 cases have recovered today bringing the total number of recovered cases in Brunei Darussalam to 3.457 cases, with 1,558 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 or ECMO. 24 Category 4 cases are now admitted at the Intensive Care Unit for close monitoring. In the past 24 hours, a total of 3,938 samples have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus which brings the total number of laboratory tests conducted since January 2020 to 303,291 tests.
Source: Radio Television Brunei