A total of 73 new cases of the Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19 ) were registered in Bahrain early this morning, Reem Al Daaysi reported on GDNonline.
The Health Ministry revealed that 72 of the new active cases were among expatriate workers, whilst one arrived from abroad.
Further preventive measures have been taken for all contacts of the new cases, including testing and precautionary quarantine to ensure their safety as well as the safety of the community, added the ministry.
This raises the total number of active cases to 441, with three being critical.
Twelve more people were also discharged raising the total number of discharged patients to 551, while a total of 58,503 tests were conducted.
The ministry assured that the active cases among expatriate workers have been detected as part of an ongoing proactive campaign to test workers in their places of residence, as part of measures to ensure the safety of the community. All new active cases had not left their places of residence.
