BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov 1 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei logged a daily average of 485 new COVID-19 cases in the past week, compared to 437 cases per day the week before, an increase of five consecutive weeks, official statistics released yesterday, showed.
According to the health ministry’s briefing, 41,068 antigen rapid test (ART) results were uploaded to the government platform within one week, with 8.2 percent of them positive.
Currently, no hospitalised cases are held in the intensive care unit and three cases require oxygen assistance, the health ministry said.
As of Oct 30, 78.6 percent of Brunei’s population have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while 10.8 percent have taken the fourth dose.
The COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and China’s Sinopharm are administered in the country.– NNN-ANN
