Contact Tracing
Weekly Contact Tracing Update
(11 Feb 2021 to 17 Feb 2021)
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Confirmed Cases
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Bahrainis
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Non-Bahrainis
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| 5453 |
3291
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2162
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Average number of new cases / day
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| Last Week |
This Week |
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687.4
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779
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Travel Cases
84
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Local Cases
5369
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Close Contacts
2611
Tested after developing symptoms
1500
Random/community testing
609
Tested after completing quarantine
649
Contact Tracing Highlights
- Cluster 107316: A 67-year-old male citizen tested positive through random community screening. Contact tracing revealed 10 positive cases across 5 different households, all of whom had direct contact with the index case. The cases detected are family related and include the index case’s wife, children, sister, daughters-in-law, sister-in-law and his grandchildren.
- Cluster 103708: Contact tracing of a 45-year-old male expatriate who tested positive revealed 15 new cases. The cases detected are the index case’s co-workers and share the same accommodation. Further contact tracing of two of the co-workers revealed two additional positive cases of secondary infection. This cluster resulted in a total of 17 positive cases.
- Cluster 106154: A 29-year-old male expatriate tested positive after developing symptoms. Contact tracing revealed 9 positive cases all of whom had direct contact with the index case. The cases detected work in the same company but live across 4 different accommodations.
- Cluster 105780: Contact tracing of a 28-year-old male expatriate who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed his co-worker as a positive case. Further contact tracing of the co-worker revealed 10 additional cases, all of whom had direct contact with the index case’s co-worker. The cases detected, totaling 11 cases, work in the same company despite living in separate accommodation.
- Cluster 104624: A 15-year-old female citizen tested positive through random community screening. Through contact tracing, 10 positive cases were revealed across 5 households. The cases are family related and include the index case’s brother, aunts and cousins. Further contact tracing of one of the aunts revealed 6 additional cases of secondary infection across three generations of the family. This cluster resulted in a total of 16 positive cases.
- Cluster 106470: Contact tracing of a 16-year-old female citizen who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed 8 positive cases across 2 different households, all of whom had direct contact with the index case. The cases detected include her siblings, uncle, uncle’s wife and their children.
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH
18 Feb 2021
