Three COVID-19 deaths, 503 recoveries in a day

TDT | Manama

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced the deaths of three patients who succumbed to the coronavirus (COVID-19) yesterday. The victims were a 46-yearold female citizen, a 69-year-old male expatriate and a 55-yearold male expatriate. Their passing brought the virus-related casualty count to 60 overall in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The Ministry expressed its heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families at this difficult time. The victims, along with all other active COVID-19 cases, had been placed in isolation and received extensive 24hour treatment from a specialised medical team, the Health Ministry said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Ministry announced that out of 7,782 COVID-19 tests carried out yesterday, 415 new cases have been detected among 225 expatriate workers, 179 contacts of active cases, and 11 travel-related. Their detection brought the overall confirmed cases in Bahrain to over 20,000 ever since the first cases were registered.

A total of 503 people recovered from the coronavirus infection yesterday, bringing the total number of cured patients to 15,790, Bahrain’s health ministry announced on its official Twitter account. The total number of currently active cases in the Kingdom has risen to 15,790 of which 181 are receiving treatment, with 33 in critical condition.

5,448 cases are currently stable. As for the total number of tests that have been conducted in the country, the tally has reached 470,409. Overall cases in the six nation GCC now top 374,000 and deaths reached 2,132