Coronavirus takes life of 21-year-old citizen

TDT | Manama

The coronavirus (COVID-19) took the life of a 21-year-old Bahraini male yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced. The deceased was the youngest virus-related casualty to date in the Kingdom. His passing brought the total deaths due to COVID-19 in Bahrain to 130. The Health Ministry expressed its condolences to the victim’s family.

Meanwhile, the ministry announced early this morning that out of 7,791 COVID-19 tests conducted yesterday, 321 new cases were detected, including 162 expatriate workers and 159 contacts of active cases. There were also 439 additional recoveries from the virus yesterday, bringing the Kingdom’s total number of discharged individuals to 33,894.

Following those recoveries, the total number of current active cases continued to drop as they went to 3,613, with 47 in critical condition and 91 receiving treatment. The remaining 3,566 cases are stable. The total tests conducted in Bahrain increased to 752,485.