Manama, Sept. 19 -- The reckless attitude towards Ministry of Health guidelines continues to see spike in cases for the past five days with 690 new cases detected on Friday. The Ministry of Health also reported three more deaths taking the total tally to 220 and number of active cases reaching 6959.

The number of stable cases reaching 6916 and 157 active cases receiving treatment while 43 patients were reported in a critical condition.

The number of tests on Friday reaching 12301 and the total tests so far conducted reached 1313471.

Out of 12301 COVID-19 tests carried out on 18 September 2020, 690 new cases have been detected among 125 expatriate workers, 544 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 21 are travel related. There were...