COVID-19 takes two more lives; overall recoveries near 44,000

TDT | Manama

The coronavirus (COVID-19) took the lives of two female citizens in Bahrain yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced. The deceased were aged 52 and 62 years old, and their passing brought the total number of virus-related casualties in the Kingdom to 175. The Health Ministry also announced early this morning that out of 9,932 COVID-19 tests conducted yesterday, 396 new cases were detected.

These included 156 expatriate workers, 233 contacts of active cases, and seven travel-related cases. There were also 392 additional recoveries from the virus yesterday, bringing the Kingdom’s total number of discharged individuals to 43,921. The total number of current active cases went to 3,485, with 45 in critical condition and 93 receiving treatment.