Bahrain saw 16 Covid-19 deaths in the past one week
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Staff Reporter
Sixteen Covid-19 deaths were reported in the past one week between February 6 and February 14.
The numbers are the highest for any week since the beginning of the New Year.
The death numbers have risen to 1,427 and there are now 17 critical cases.
The highest single-day death number (four) since the beginning of the New Year was reported on February 13.
There were 5,266 new cases yesterday along with 6,330 recoveries and two deaths.
There are 54,266 active cases including 105 hospitalised patients infected with Covid-19.
The Health Ministry has introduced the Covid-19 Alert Level Traffic Light System, which functions based on a rolling average of positive cases in intensive care units.
The Alert Level is Green if the rolling average of positive cases in intensive care units is 50 or less for 14 days.
It moves to Yellow if the rolling average of positive cases in intensive care units is 51-100 cases for seven days.
The Alert Level becomes Orange If the rolling average of positive cases within intensive care units is 101-200 for four days.
The Red Alert Level is when the rolling average for positive cases within intensive care units is 201 or more for three days.
According to the National Taskforce for Combatting the Coronavirus, de-escalating from one level to the level below requires the same level to be maintained for no less than a week.
“Escalating from a lower alert level to a higher one can take place with immediate effect.
Moving directly from the Green Alert Level to the Red Alert Level is possible without going through the yellow and orange levels.
“Moving to an alert level can be recommended based on various emergency developments and that some dates may be designated a higher alert level in the interest of public health and safety.”
The Daily Tribune last week reported about the Covid-19 curve beginning to flatten with new infections remaining stable during the past one week.
Medical experts say the flattening of the curve reflects Bahrain's success saga in terms of administering vaccine and booster doses along with strict measures taken to tackle the spread of the virus.
The nation has registered over 100,000 Omicron cases since January 2022, according to Lt Col Dr Manaf Al Qahtani, Infectious Diseases Consultant and Microbiologist at the BDF Hospital and Member of the National Medical Taskforce for Combating COVID-19.
The first Omicron case was reported on December 11 last year and the infected had travelled abroad.
Lt Col Dr Al Qahtani stressed the success of the national vaccination campaign in achieving its goals, which contributed to raising the immune response for all age groups which took two doses and the booster jab.
“The anti-Coronavirus vaccination has proven effective in reducing the incidence of complications for existing cases, thus reducing hospital admission rates and intensive care and the death toll,” he said.
He underlined Bahrain’s continuous efforts to combat the virus within the national vaccination campaign to protect citizens and residents’ health and safety
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