BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Brunei reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday with the national tally of cases standing at 138, marking the sixteenth day in a row without new cases since April 19.
According to Brunei's Ministry of Health, one more recovery was recorded on Tuesday, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 131. The number of active cases still being treated at the National Isolation Center decreased to 6. Two patients remain in critical condition and both require Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and respiratory assistance. The rest are in a stable condition.
There has been one death resulting from the COVID-19 in Brunei.
The ministry added that so far 24 individuals are still undergoing quarantine and 2,551 people have completed the quarantine period. Some 14,610 laboratory tests for COVID-19 have been conducted. Enditem
