BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 23 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei logged a daily average of 283 new COVID-19 cases in the past week, the Health Ministry said, yesterday.
According to the ministry’s weekly briefing, 59,328 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) results were uploaded to the government platform within one week, with 3.3 percent of them being positive. This means that, the average number of daily cases has decreased by 83.6 percent from the peak of the fourth wave of the pandemic, in the middle of July last year.
Currently, one hospitalised case is held in intensive care unit and three cases require assisted breathing, according to the ministry.
As of Aug 21, 76.6 percent of Brunei’s population have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while 9.0 percent have taken the fourth dose.– NNN-ANN
