Brunei reports record high of 381 daily Covid-19 cases; most tranmissions due to dormitories

Brunei Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Mohd Isham Jafaar at the press conference in Bandar Seri Begawan on Sunday night (Oct 10, 2021). - Borneo Bulletin/ANN

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct. 11 (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): Brunei reported 381 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (Oct 10), a record daily rise, bringing the national tally to 8,980.

According to Brunei's Ministry of Health, all the new cases are local infections.

While themain source of infection of 126 new cases is still under investigation, five new clusters have been detected and one cluster has been closed following no new detected cases in the cluster for 28 days, which brings the total number of active clusters to 160.