MANAMA: Mahmood Rafique, Editor: The Ministry of Health has said that out of 10126 COVID-19 tests carried out on July 1, and 656 new cases have been detected among them were 435 expatriate workers. Officials confirmed five deaths on Wednesday and one on Thursday, taking the total tally to 93.
There were 218 new cases were contacts of active cases, and three are travel related. There were 617 recoveries from the COVID19, increasing total recoveries to 21948.
As the Kingdom has ramped up testing over the past few months the total number of tests have surged to 564365. The number of active cases as of July 1st, were 5374 among them 5322 were stable and 52 remained in a critical condition. The active cases receiving treatment were 84, according to the official statistics.
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.
