Contact Tracing
Weekly Contact Tracing Update
(20 May 2021 to 26 May 2021)
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Confirmed Cases
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Bahrainis
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Non-Bahrainis
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| 18184 |
11711
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6473
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Average number of new cases / day
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| Last Week |
This Week |
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1798
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2598
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Travel Cases
116
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Local Cases
18068
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Close Contacts
6957
Tested after developing symptoms
4712
Random/community testing
5129
Tested after completing quarantine
1270
Contact Tracing Highlights
- Cluster 189792: Contact tracing of a 12-year-old male citizen who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed 11 positive cases of primary infections and 3 secondary infections, resulting in a total of 14 positive cases across 4 different households. The cases detected are family related and include the index case’s parents, siblings, grandmother, cousins, aunts, and their spouses. Of the 14 cases, 5 cases are under the age of 10.
- Cluster 202149: A 44-year-old female citizen who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed a total of 14 positive cases; 13 of which had direct contact with the index case, and one secondary infection. The cases are family related and include the index case’s siblings, nieces, nephews, sister-in-law and a relative.
- Cluster 201913: Contact tracing of a symptomatic 17-year-old female citizen revealed 15 positive cases, 12 of which are primary infections and 3 secondary infections registered across 4 different households. The primary cases detected are family related and include the index case’s grandmother, aunts and cousins, 6 of which are under the age of 10. The secondary infections include an aunts’ husband and sisters-in-law.
- Cluster 192557: A 45-year-old female citizen who tested positive after developing symptoms revealed 19 cases of primary infections and 3 secondary infections, totaling 22 positive cases registered across 8 different households. The cases detected are family related and include the index case’s mother, children, siblings, her siblings’ children and relatives.
- Cluster 200733: Contact tracing of a 32-year-old female citizen who tested positive after showing symptoms revealed 13 family related cases across 3 different households. The cases detected include the index case’s son, sister, nieces, nephews, relatives and their domestic helper, all of whom had direct contact with the index case.
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH
27 May 2021
