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• This report compares two months: the period between Sep 16th and Oct 15th , 2021, and between the period Oct 16th and November 15th , 2021.
• During both periods, Ministry of Health (MoH) tested for COVID-19 only for suspected cases and travelers who need Covid-19 free certificate. There were no tests conducted for contacts of COVID-19 patients during the period between Oct 16th and November 15th , 2021.
• There was a decrease in the number of conducted COVID-19 tests between the two periods from 91819 to 33649.
Accordingly, there was a significant decrease in reported cases from 27247 between Sep 16th and 15 Oct 15th to 6225 between 16th and November 15th. As shown in Figures 2 and 3, there was a decrease in the total number of new cases and the incidence rate of COVID-19 infection per 100,000 population in all districts during the second period.
• Due to the decline in the incidence of COVID-19 infection, MoH considered the period between Oct 16th and November 15th , 2021 as the last phase of the third epidemiological wave.