BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Brunei reported one new confirmed COVID-19 case on Tuesday, bringing the national tally to 260.
According to Brunei's Ministry of Health, Case 260 is a 42-year-old man who arrived in the country from Manila, the Philippines, on June 16, 2021. He does not have any symptom of infection.
Investigation and contact tracing have found no close contacts as he was quarantined upon arrival.
The new case is being treated and monitored at the National Isolation Center with eight other active cases, who are all in a stable condition.
With the detection of the new case, a total of 119 imported cases have been confirmed since the last local infection case on May 6, 2020. Brunei has recorded 419 days without local COVID-19 infection cases.
Brunei also reported two recoveries on Tuesday. There have been a total of 248 recovered patients and three deaths reported from COVID-19 so far in the country. Enditem