31,188 recoveries, 124 deaths

TDT | Manama

Bahrain’s ministry of health yesterday announced three new deaths from Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the Kingdom, raising the total toll in the country to 124. A 76-year-old Bahraini woman, a 58-year-old Bahrain man and a 55-year-old expatriate man are the latest casualties, the ministry announced on its twitter handle @MOH_Bahrain.

Health ministry officials tweeted their condolences to the families of the deceased. There are currently 4,161 COVID-19 active cases in the Kingdom receiving treatment at various facilities, out of which 47 patients are undergoing critical care.

Authorities also carried out 7,684 COVID-19 tests yesterday raising the total tests conducted in the Kingdom, since the detection of the first case back in February, to 710,686. Some 389 new cases were detected yesterday, taking the total number of cases here to 35,476. Out of the total cases, 222 are expatriate workers, 162 are contacts of active cases, and 5 are travel related.

Bahrain also recorded379 new recoveries yesterday raising the number of patients who are cured of their infection in the kingdom to 31,188. Contact cases on the rise According to, MoH’s contact tracing page there is a concerning increase in the number of positive cases who are contacts of active coronavirus cases.

MoH says, during last week, six COVID-19 patients were instrumental in infecting around 80 others. The cases included that of a 21-year-old Bahrain man, who passed the infection on to 26 of his family members, and a 31-year-old Bahraini man from whom 11 others contracted the virus.

In another instance, an 85-year-old Bahraini man, who tested positive after admitted to a healthcare facility, passed on the infection to 13 others, including his sons, daughters, and grandchildren. A random community testing conducted by the ministry also resulted in identifying a 34-year-old expatriate male who turned out to be positive.

Seven others working with him at a private company also contracted the virus from him. One of his contacts was living in the same household, while the other six cases were from two different households. Separately, the Ministry also announced identifying a total of 10 positive cases - all contacts of a 56-year-old Bahraini woman, who tested positive after developing symptoms.

In yet another incident, the ministry said it detected a total of four more positive cases after a 29-year-old Bahraini tested positive after developing symptoms. In total, 1,621 Bahrainis and 2009 expatriates contracted the virus this week, with an average of 518 cases per day, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 3,630.

Most of the cases, 1,720 were close contact of known cases. Those tested positive after developing symptoms amounted to 955, while others who tested positive after completing quarantine totalled 141.