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Brunei records daily average of 205 COVID-19 cases in past week

Aug 30, 2022

Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], August 30: Brunei logged a daily average of 205 new COVID-19 cases in the past week compared to 283 cases per day the week before, the health ministry said on Monday.
According to the health ministry's weekly briefing, 57,905 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) results were uploaded to the government platform within one week, with 2.4 percent of them being positive.
Currently, one hospitalized case is held in the intensive care unit and three cases require assisted breathing, according to the health ministry.
As of Aug. 28, 77.1 percent of Brunei's population have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while 9.4 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.
Source: Xinhua

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