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One death, 490 more recoveries from COVID-19

TDT | Manama

The coronavirus (COVID-19) took the life of a 61-year-old expatriate man in Bahrain yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced. His passing brought the total number of virus-related deaths in the Kingdom to 129. The Health Ministry expressed its condolences to the victim’s family.

Meanwhile, the ministry announced early this morning that out of 9,202 COVID-19 tests conducted yesterday, 380 new cases were detected—one of the lowest in recent weeks. These included 205 expatriate workers, 166 contacts of active cases, and nine travel-related cases. The new cases brought the overall number of confirmed cases in Bahrain to over 37,000 ever since the first case was reported.

There were also 490 additional recoveries from the virus yesterday, bringing the Kingdom’s total number of discharged individuals to 33,455. Following those recoveries, the total number of current active cases continued to drop as they went to 3,732, with 47 in critical condition and 90 receiving treatment. The remaining 3,685 cases are stable. The total tests conducted in Bahrain increased to 744,694.