Department of Disaster Management Safe, Resilient and Happy Bhutan
Data as of 26/08/2020
Source: Ministry of Health-Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MoHBhutan
Highlights:
8 new COVID-19 cases were detected last night in addition to the 2 declared last night on BBS television. 1 is from Gelephu and 7 are from Phuntsholing. Therefore over the last 24 hours, 10 new cases were detected in total.
4 males: 40 year, 41 year, 37 year old and 22 year (Gelephu).
4 females: 22 year old, 9 year, 5 year and 1.5 year old.
This takes the total number of positive cases in Bhutan to 183 and active cases to 65.
One Bhutanese has recovered abroad.
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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