National Situational Update on COVID-19 (18-10-2020)

Data as of 17/10/2020
Source: Ministry of Health-Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MoHBhutan

Nine new cases detected over the last 24 hours.

All are incoming expat workers from India aged 33 to 57 who entered Bhutan on 14th October 2020. The are quarantined in Phuntsholing and will be moved to the isolation later today.

DEFINITIONS:

a. Confirmed: number of people who have tested positive through COVID-19 tests.
b. Active: number of people who are currently in the isolation facilities because they are still COVID-19 positive.
c. *Recovered: number of people who have tested negative on COVID-19 test and declared as recovered. Those who test negative twice over a 24 hour period are kept under 14 days of observation in a quarantine facility.

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