ASEANEWS: HEADLINES-BRUNEI- Conservation requires global efforts, says Sultan

1 death, 65 new cases

Brunei Darussalam adds 65 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with 1 new cluster containing 4 cases, bringing the total number of COVID cases to 13,130, according to the Minister of Health at a press conference on Sunday.
Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Isham bin Haji Jaafar during the press conference held at the MoH building. BAHYIAH BAKIR

Total daily COVID cases in the country dipped below the 100 mark since over a month ago.

Another COVID-19 related death was also reported on Sunday, who was a woman aged 76 who suffered from lung problems and admitted to Intensive Care after contracting the coronavirus.

There are 35 additional new cases to 13 of the existing active clusters who were previously close contacts with several positive cases.

7 clusters have been closed following no new detected cases in the clusters for 28 days. The closed clusters are 4751 Cluster; 4785 Cluster; 5429 Custer; 6998 Cluster; Rimba Complex Cluster; 3723 Cluster and 6625 Cluster. Therefore, the current total active clusters are 170 clusters.

Meanwhile, 26 new cases are still being investigated to determine the source of the infection.

198 cases have recovered on Sunday, bringing the total number of recovered cases in Brunei Darussalam to 11,289 cases, whereas the total number active cases are 1,752 cases.

Among the cases being treated at this time, 6 are in Category 5 and currently treated at the Intensive Care Unit. All of them require assistance of artificial ventilation with two cases require the help of additional heart/lung machine (ECMO). Meanwhile, thirteen 13 other cases are categorised in Category 4 that require oxygen assistance and are under close monitoring.

In the past 24 hours, a total of 5,159 samples have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus which brings the total number of laboratory tests conducted since January 2020 to
504,954 tests.