Brunei records daily average of 227 COVID-19 cases in past week-Xinhua

Brunei records daily average of 227 COVID-19 cases in past week

Source: Xinhua| 2023-01-03 23:13:46|Editor: huaxia

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Brunei logged a daily average of 227 new COVID-19 cases in the past week compared to 255 cases per day the week before, official statistics released on Tuesday showed.

According to the health ministry's weekly briefing, 27,710 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) results were uploaded to the government platform within one week, with 5.7 percent of them being positive.

Currently, no hospitalized cases are held in the intensive care unit and one case requires oxygen assistance, the health ministry said.

As of Jan. 2, 79.0 percent of Brunei's population have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while 11.6 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.

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