BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Brunei logged a daily average of 554 new COVID-19 cases in the past week compared to 485 cases per day the week before, an increase for six consecutive weeks, showed official statistics released on Monday.
According to the health ministry's weekly briefing, 39,588 antigen rapid test (ART) test results were uploaded to the government platform within one week, with 9.7 percent of them being positive.
Currently, no hospitalized cases are held in the intensive care unit and only one case requires oxygen assistance, the health ministry said.
As of Nov. 6, 78.7 percent of Brunei's population have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while 10.9 percent have taken the fourth dose.
The COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and China's Sinopharm are administered in the Southeast Asian country. ■
