Situation Report of COVID-19 in the ASEAN Region - 14 September 2022

Global Update

• Worldwide, there have been over 615 million cases and over 6 million deaths attributed to COVID-19. Regional Update

• Brunei: Last week, there were slightly more new COVID-19 instances in Brunei than the week before, with an average of roughly 179 cases per day as opposed to 169 cases per day.4 According to the nation's health minister, Haji Mohd Isham, the infection pattern indicates that transmission is still minimal.4 The health minister reportedly stated during a weekly briefing on September 13 that 51,405 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) test results were uploaded to the government website within one week, with 2.4% of them being positive.4 This information was reported by the local newspaper Borneo Bulletin.4