Contact Tracing

Weekly Contact Tracing Update (24 Sep 2020 to 30 Sep 2020)


Confirmed Cases Bahrainis Non-Bahrainis
3850 2870 980
Average number of new cases / day
Last Week This Week
647.1 550
Travel Cases
52
Local Cases
3798
Close Contacts

1685
Tested after developing symptoms
1166
Random/community testing

786
Tested after completing quarantine
161

Contact Tracing Highlights
  1. Cluster 62729: A 72-year-old female citizen tested positive after developing symptoms. Through contact tracing, 15 additional cases were detected among family members from 6 different households, 14 of whom had direct contact with the index case.
  2. Cluster 61445: Contact tracing detected 16 positive cases from 6 different households when a 25-year-old female citizen tested positive after developing symptoms.13 of those identified had direct contact with the index case while 3 are contacts of 2 of the index's direct contacts. Cases include her siblings, nieces, nephews, and in-laws.
  3. Cluster 60071: Contact tracing detected 11 work-related positive cases when a 46-year-old male expatriate tested positive after developing symptoms. 9 of the positive cases work at the same company with the index case and 2 reside in the same accommodation with the index case.
  4. Cluster 62183: Contact tracing of an 18-year-old male citizen who tested positive at a random community testing revealed an additional  12 positive cases from 6 different households, all of whom are family members who had direct contact with the index case.
  5. Cluster 54855: Contact tracing detected 22 family-related positive cases from 6 different households when a 32-year-old female citizen tested positive after developing symptoms. 12 of those identified had direct contact with the index case and 10 are indirectly linked through contacts.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
01 Oct 2020
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