BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Brunei logged a daily average of 611 new COVID-19 cases in the past week, compared to 554 cases per day the week before, marking an increase for the seventh consecutive week, official statistics released on Monday showed.
According to the health ministry's weekly briefing, 48,491 antigen rapid test (ART) results were uploaded to the government platform in the past week, with 8.7 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 Sunday, 78.7 percent of Brunei's population have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while 11.1 percent have taken a fourth dose.
The COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and China's Sinopharm are those administered in the Southeast Asian country. ■
