Contact Tracing

Weekly Contact Tracing Update (01 Oct 2020 to 07 Oct 2020)


Confirmed Cases Bahrainis Non-Bahrainis
3068 2136 932
Average number of new cases / day
Last Week This Week
550 438.3
Travel Cases
34
Local Cases
3034
Close Contacts

1302
Tested after developing symptoms
987
Random/community testing

575
Tested after completing quarantine
170

Contact Tracing Highlights
  1. Cluster 66191: Contact tracing of a 62-year-old female citizen who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed 15 positive cases from 4 different households, all of whom are family members who came in direct contact with the index case at a family gathering. 
  2. Cluster 66293: Contact tracing of a 37-year-old female citizen who tested positive revealed 24 positive cases from 7 different households. The cases are family-related, 14 of whom had direct contact with the index case at a family gathering, whereas the remaining 10 are secondary infections. 
  3. Cluster 66465: A 1-year-old female citizen who tested positive at a random community testing revealed 10 positive cases from 3 different households, all of whom had direct contact with the index case at a privately rented pool.
  4. Cluster 68412: Contact tracing of a 42-year-old male citizen  who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed 17 positive cases from 5 different households, all of which are family-related, including the index’s siblings, nieces and nephews, who came into contact with one another at a funeral. 
  5. Cluster 65056: Contact tracing of a 29-year-old female citizen who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed 5 positive cases, including the index case’s husband, children, mother and an in law. Through contract tracing of the in-law’s case, an additional 6 cases were identified, which include family members.  This cluster affected 4 households and a total of 11 people.
  6. Cluster 69627: Contact tracing of a 33-year-old male expat revealed 14 positive cases, 9 of whom had direct contact with the index case, while the remaining 5 are secondary infections. The cases include 11 workmates and 3 friends.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
08 Oct 2020
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