Bahraini, 81, amongst 431 recovered COVID-19 cases

TDT | Manama

An 81-year-old Bahraini is among those who have recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease and been discharged from the treatment and quarantine facilities.

According to the Ministry of Health website, the elderly man had tested positive upon his arrival at Bahrain International Airport in late February, after travelling back to the Kingdom from Iran. He is one of a total of 431 individuals who already fought the virus and recovered.

This is following an additional four treated cases announced yesterday by the Health Ministry. The total number of active cases as of last night was 265, of which three were indicated as critical. There is another 81-year old Bahraini still amongst the active cases.

The woman tested positive as a contact of another positive case. She had reported this after being present at one of the locations of the other active case.

The oldest active case in Bahrain is one of an 87-year old Bahraini man, who had arrived from Germany last month and was also in contact with another active case. The number of total tested so far is 44,386.