Contact Tracing
Weekly Contact Tracing Update
(19 Aug 2021 to 25 Aug 2021)
Confirmed Cases
|
Bahrainis
|
Non-Bahrainis
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670 |
367
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303
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Average number of new cases / day
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Last Week |
This Week |
115
|
96
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Travel Cases
118
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Local Cases
552
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Close Contacts
110
Tested after developing symptoms
186
Random/community testing
152
Tested after completing quarantine
104
Contact Tracing Highlights
- Cluster 270620: Contact tracing of a symptomatic 8-year-old male citizen revealed 15 positive cases across 4 different households. The cases detected are family related and include the index case’s parents, grandfather, siblings, aunts and cousins, all of whom had direct contact with the index case during a family gathering.
- Cluster 270925: A 6-year-old female citizen who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed a cluster of 11 family-related positive cases from 2 different households. The cases detected include the index case’s father, sister, and relatives, all of whom had direct contact with the index case during a gathering.
- Cluster 269587: Contact tracing of a 5-year-old female citizen who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed 10 positive cases across 2 different households. The cases detected had direct contact with the index case and include her mother, brother, aunts, uncle and cousins.
- Cluster 270367: A symptomatic 42-year-old female citizen revealed a cluster of 6 positive cases across 2 different households. The cases detected are family related and include the index case’s mother, children, sister and niece.
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH
26 Aug 2021