Local COVID-19 death toll reaches 200; 661 new infections
TDT | Manama
The life of a 64-year-old female citizen was taken by the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bahrain yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced. The deceased’s passing brought the total number of virus-related casualties in the Kingdom to 200. The ministry expressed its condolences to the victim’s family.
Meanwhile, the ministry announced early this morning that it conducted 10,580 COVID-19 tests yesterday, from which 661 new cases were detected. These included 78 expatriate workers, 579 contacts of active cases, and four travel-related cases. Their detection brought the overall number of confirmed registered cases in the Kingdom to over 56,000 at 56,076, ever since the first case was reported in February.
There were also 294 additional recoveries from the virus yesterday, raising Kingdom’s total discharged individuals to 51,240. The total number of current active cases increased once again to 4,636, with 82 receiving treatment, of which 31 are in critical condition.
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