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

Data as of 18/10/2020
Source: Ministry of Health-Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MoHBhutan

Two new cases detected over the last 24 hours.

Both are expatriate men aged 21 and 25 years who entered the country on 15th October 2020. They are quarantined in Phuntsholing and will be moved to the isolation later today.

Meanwhile, 2 others are being declared recovered.

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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