Department of Disaster Management Safe, Resilient and Happy Bhutan
Data as of 28/08/2020
Source: Ministry of Health-Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MoHBhutan
Highlights:
8 new cases were detected in Phuntsholing last night in addition to the 3 cases from Haa declared during the live press brief.
From the 8 new cases, 1 is from quarantine and 7 from the cluster surveillance, Phuntsholing.
In total 11 cases were detected over the last 24 hours.
Haa:
2 Male
1 Female
(Age range : 22-33 years )
Phuntsholing:
7 Male
1 Female
(Age range: 23 – 55 years)
16 people are being declared recovered.
This takes the total number of positive cases in Bhutan to 195 and active cases to 60.
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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