Active COVID-19 cases surge to 2,066

TDT | Manama

The total number of active coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Bahrain went over the 2,000-mark yesterday after the Ministry of Health announced the registration of 214 new cases.

Of these, 159 were expatriate workers, 53 were contacts of active cases and two were travel related. Their detection brought the total number of active cases to 2,066 as of last night. Four of these patients are critical.

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry announced 98 new recoveries, bringing the total discharged to 1,860. The total tested reached 160,341. Meanwhile, Bahrain evacuated 144 citizens from Jordan yesterday.

Bahrain’s Embassy in Amman and the Foreign Affairs Ministry coordinated the fourth flight from the Jordanian capital to facilitate the citizens’ safe return to the Kingdom.