Contact Tracing

Weekly Contact Tracing Update (19 Aug 2021 to 25 Aug 2021)


Confirmed Cases Bahrainis Non-Bahrainis
670 367 303
Average number of new cases / day
Last Week This Week
115 96
Travel Cases
118
Local Cases
552
Close Contacts

110
Tested after developing symptoms
186
Random/community testing

152
Tested after completing quarantine
104

Contact Tracing Highlights
  1. 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. 
  2. 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.
  3. 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.  
  4. 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.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
26 Aug 2021
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