Bahrain recorded new 1,964 COVID-19 cases, which is the highest in GCC till now. With 524 new cases, Kuwait followed Bahrain in the newly-infected-patients numbers. The United Arab Emirates had 386 new cases of infection on March 7, followed by Oman ‘355 cases’, Saudi Arabia ‘317 cases’ and in Qatar 165.
On Saturday, too, Bahrain recorded 1,517 new cases, followed by the UAE, and in Kuwait, it was around 486 cases, and all were related to COVID-19. Overall, as per the data of Saturday of Middle East, there was an increase in the number of new cases compared to Saturday, which was the reversal of the existing trend.
Last month, the country reported new 46 deaths related to COVID-19. The total deaths in the third wave of infection have increased despite the COVID curve-flattering during the same period.
Usually, the flattering of the COVID-19 curve is associated with stabilization of death as well as hospitalization numbers. However, the death which was reported last month remained highest since July 2021.
However, the hospital’s admissions rate were low compared to the total active cases and new cases. Meanwhile, the number also increased related to deaths 1,458, and there are now 12 critical cases related to COVID-19.
This is the highest single-day death number till now since the starting of the New Year was recorded on February 13 and February 23. Even on Sunday, Bahrain also recorded 1,964 new cases and 2,088 recoveries. And after this, total recoveries are recorded 506,045 total while there are still some active cases of whom 36 are being treated in hospital.
Jordan is the country that followed with a three percent change in total cases, which increased from 1.58 million on February 22 to 1.63 million on March 1.
According to the medical experts, the flattering experts stated that the COVID-19 curve reflects Bahrain’s success saga in administering vaccine and booster doses and strict measures taken to tackle the spread of the virus.
The first Omicron case was recorded on December 11, 2021, and the infected person had a history of travelling abroad.