Brunei reports one new imported COVID-19 case, 173 cases in total
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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Brunei reported one new imported case of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the national tally to 173.
According to Brunei's Ministry of Health, the new case is a 38-year-old man who arrived in Brunei on Dec. 25, 2020 via Singapore from Indonesia. He showed no signs of infection and is currently being monitored and treated at the National Isolation Center. Meanwhile, The contact tracing for this case is still being conducted.
With the detection of this latest case, there are 21 active cases being treated at the National Isolation Centre and one case is still in the Intensive Care Unit for intensive monitoring and treatment while the rest are in stable condition.
A total of 32 imported cases have been confirmed since the last local infection case on May 6, 2020. At present, Brunei has recorded 246 days without COVID-19 local infection cases.
Meanwhile, 700 individuals who have arrived in the country after traveling abroad are currently undergoing mandatory self-isolation at the monitoring centers provided by the government.
There have been three deaths that resulted from COVID-19 in Brunei and a total of 149 patients have recovered. Enditem
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