MANAMA: Mahmood Rafique, Editor: The Ministry of Health Bahrain has reported 397 new cases of the COVID-19 taking the total to 5699 by Tuesday morning from 5302 a day earlier. The official figure of total deaths from the COVID-19 were 47 from 46 a day earlier.
The critical cases were up three taking the total to 19 and the number of stable cases were 5680, up 394 in the last 24 hours, the number of active cases show decline of five patients reaching 135 and the number of discharged cases were up 70 cases to 13267. The number of tests conducted in a single day were 7217 taking the total tests tally to 432409 as of Tuesday.
The spike in deaths and number of cases is largely attributable to a deliberate non-compliance of the health and safety guidelines developed and implemented by the authorities.
The non-compliance of precautionary measures issued by the Ministry of Health has enhanced the possibility of spreading of the virus among citizens at an alarming level.
The Ministry of Health stressed that it is the national responsibility of all to follow the precautionary health measures enacted by the government, which include vigilantly following social distancing guidelines, to ensure the mitigation of COVID-19 and the safety of the community.
The ministry highlighted that recent COVID-19 testing has indicated an increase in cases from contacts of active COVID-19 cases, particularly from family and social gatherings, leaving home for unnecessary reasons, and negligence when complying with the health measures and guidelines issued.
