423 recoveries, two more COVID-19 deaths

TDT | Manama

Bahrain yesterday announced two more COVID-19 deaths, that of a 78-year-old Bahrain man and 50-year-old expatriate man. The deaths- latest casualties to the Kingdom’s battle against the pandemic- were announced by the Ministry of Health on its twitter handle @ MOH_Bahrain. Ministry officials announced the deaths in separate tweets and expressed condolences to the families of the deceased.

The fatalities also increased the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the Kingdom, after detecting its first case in February this year, to 183. Meanwhile, overall recoveries increased by 423 yesterday to reach 45,589, said the Ministry of Health. There are currently 68 coronavirus patients who are undergoing treatment, of which 33 are in a critical condition.

As of yesterday, there are 3,266 active cases in the Kingdom, of which 3,233 cases are stable. The ministry also announced conducting 9,166 COVID-19 tests yesterday, taking the total number of tests conducted in the Kingdom to 1,029,969. Out of the 377 newly detected cases yesterday, 138 are expatriate workers, 231 are contacts of active cases, and eight are travel related.

In the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, there are a total of 702,139 cases and 5,489 deaths with Saudi Arabia being the worst affected with 306,370 cases and 3,619 deaths as of yesterday. Saudi toll also includes the 39 deaths and 1,184 new cases announced yesterday.

The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom also increased to 278,441 after 1,374 more patients got cured of their infection yesterday. UAE yesterday announced 424 new cases, two more deaths and 112 new recoveries. Kuwait yesterday announced 688 new cases, 506 recoveries and two more deaths.