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A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients in Sitra island south of the capital Manama on May 4, 2020. The hospital, which is attached to a quarantine camp and spread-out over an area of 2400 square meters, is the first field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to be setup far from a hospital and has its own lab, pharmacy, medical supply store, X-ray machines, and mobile dialysis units. It is run by 55 doctors and 250 nurses. It is the second field hospital out of five planned to add 500 ICU beds to Bahrain's health network.
A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit in Sitra island. (File photo: Reuters)

Coronavirus: Bahrain records 317 new cases after conducting 6,779 COVID-19 tests

Tamara Abueish, Al Arabiya English
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Bahrain recorded 317 new coronavirus cases after conducting 6,779 COVID-19 tests, which brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 18,544, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday.

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The new cases include 51 expatriate workers, 164 people who had direct contact with previously infected individuals, and two others who had traveled abroad, according to the ministry.

Meanwhile, 379 people recovered from COVID-19 in Bahrain, raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 13,197.

There are currently 140 people receiving treatment, out of which 18 are in a critical condition, the ministry added.

So far, 5,286 people are stable out of a total of 5,304 active cases.

The ministry advised the public to adhere to precautionary measures and maintain social distancing rules to ensure that the virus is contained.

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