FIFTY-TWO new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Bahrain yesterday, including 47 expatriate labourers, reports the GDN’s Sandeep Singh Grewal.
This brings the total number of active cases in the country to 247, of which two are critical.
The latest statistics were revealed on the Health Ministry’s website dedicated to the coronavirus, which also showed that 21 people were yesterday discharged from isolation and treatment facilities, taking the total number of individuals who recovered to 316.
The ministry explained that of yesterday’s 52 new active cases, four were detected among individuals who returned from abroad while the remaining 48 were infected by coming in contact with positive cases locally.
The ministry said that the 47 foreign workers were kept at a quarantine facility after coming in contact with a positive case.
This is where the tests were carried out and they all tested positive.
“The foreign workers were kept at a quarantine facility and their test results were positive,” said the ministry in a statement.
In addition, the ministry’s statistics showed that a total of 34,159 people have been tested for the coronavirus so far.
Meanwhile, Salmaniya Medical Complex infectious and internal diseases consultant Dr Jameela Al Salman highlighted that all the active cases were currently stable, except for the two in critical condition.
She was speaking at a virtual Press conference held yesterday from the Crown Prince Centre for Training and Medical Research.
“Only 18 per cent of the cases require medications as part of the treatment protocol,” said Dr Al Salman.
“We have a high rate of individuals who have recovered compared to the number of active cases.”
Dr Al Salman added that the country’s health teams review at least five latest researches on Covid-19 daily and follow a heath protocol in line with international standards.
Also chairing yesterday’s Press briefing was National Task Force for Combating Covid-19 control and monitoring committee head Lieutenant Colonel Dr Manaf Al Qahtani, who stressed that an increase in positive cases in the country should not be alarming.
“There has been a gradual increase in the number of cases, which is normal as we continue to examine cases in the local community,” he said.
“This doesn’t indicate a problem but reflects that we are at the stage of containing the virus.”
