Contact Tracing

Weekly Contact Tracing Update (07 Jan 2021 to 13 Jan 2021)


Confirmed Cases Bahrainis Non-Bahrainis
2185 1058 1127
Average number of new cases / day
Last Week This Week
265.6 312.1
Travel Cases
79
Local Cases
2106
Close Contacts

618
Tested after developing symptoms
550
Random/community testing

786
Tested after completing quarantine
152

Contact Tracing Highlights
  1. Cluster 93871: A 69-year-old female citizen tested positive through random community screening.  Contact tracing revealed 9 positive cases across 3 different households, all of whom had direct contact with the index case.  The cases detected are the index case’s direct family members across three generations.
  2. Cluster 93960: Contact tracing of a 33-year-old male expatriate who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed 11 positive cases, all of whom had direct contact with the index case.  The cases are work-related as they all work for the same company, despite them living at 3 different accommodations.
  3. Cluster 94007: A 46-year-old male citizen tested positive after developing symptoms.  Through contact tracing, 7 positive cases from the same household were revealed.  The cases include the immediate family members of the index case, all of whom had direct contact with him.
  4. Cluster 93221: Contact tracing of a 36-year-old male expatriate who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed a total of 8 positive cases.  The cases are work related where 3 had direct contact with the index case and 5 were cases of secondary infection.  
  5. Cluster 93591: A 35-year-old male expatriate tested positive through random community screening.  Contact tracing revealed 9 positive cases, all of whom had direct contact with the index case.  The cases work in the same company and share accommodation in 3 locations.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
14 Jan 2021
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