The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) announced the registration of 643 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, and the recovery of 109 cases of the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 1,243.
According to the MOPH website, most of the new cases registered are due to expatriate workers in different occupations who have been in contact with previously discovered cases, as well as recording new cases of coronavirus among groups of workers from outside the industrial area who were identified through testing by the Ministry of Public Health. This has contributed to the early detection of new cases. The remainder of new cases infected with the virus have come from citizens and residents who have contracted the virus from members of their families, who in turn had contracted the virus through their workplaces or other places where they had been exposed to infected people. All the new infected cases have been quarantined where they are receiving the necessary medical care.
MOPH stated that most of the coronavirus cases are experiencing only mild symptoms.
The chain of transmission of the virus has not changed in nature, as the majority of infections are confined to a specific category, and many of the newly discovered infections were for people subject to quarantine.
MOPH stated that the noticeable increase in the number of confirmed new cases of coronavirus is due to several reasons, including that the spread of the virus has begun to enter the peak stage where numbers are expected to continue to increase before they begin to gradually decline.
This is in addition to the fact that the Ministry has doubled its efforts in tracking coronavirus transmission chains and expanded the search for infected people by conducting extensive and proactive tests of groups of contacts with people who have been confirmed with the disease previously. This early detection of many cases of infection helps reduce the spread of the virus further.
MOPH calls on all members of society to stay at home and not go out except in cases of necessity and to implement preventive measures and maintain physical distancing, including in the workplace and public places. The Ministry reminds people to use a face mask as recommended and avoid social visits to reduce their risk of contracting the virus.
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