BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 12 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported 981 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the national tally to 20,454.
This also marks the second consecutive day with a record daily rise of new cases, after 628 cases were reported on Thursday in the country.
According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, the newly recorded cases included 972 local infections and two import cases.
The ministry said earlier that, the country is going through the third wave of COVID-19 and the number of cases is expected to increase beyond the total reported during the second wave, with the Omicron variant replacing the Delta variant as the dominant variant.
As of Thursday, 94.9 percent of Brunei’s population had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines, while 94.1 percent had completed their vaccination schedule of two doses and 44.9 percent had received three doses.
A total of 3,742 active cases are still being treated and monitored in Brunei while 102 patients have passed away so far, in the country.– NNN-ANN
