The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of infections to 18, 609, while five deaths were reported raising the number of fatalities to 129.
The fresh cases include 211 Kuwaiti citizens, 325 residents from India, 177 from Egypt, 139 from Bangladesh, while the remaining cases are of other nationalities, the ministry’s Spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said in his daily briefing. In addition, 181 patients are still receiving medication in intensive care units, while 454 others completed their compulsory institutional quarantine period in the last 24 hours, Al-Sanad noted.
In addition, medical teams conducted 4,757 swab tests in the last 24 hours, taking the total number up to 261,071, he added. Earlier in the day, the Kuwaiti Health Ministry confirmed the recovery of 320 additional novel coronavirus patients, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,205 so far.
Governorates: = Farwaniya 383 Cases = Ahmadi 275 Cases = Hawally 173 Cases = Capital 107 Cases = Jahra 103 Cases
Highest residential areas : = Farwaniya 116 Cases = Khaitan 91 Cases = Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh 91 Cases = Mahboula 79 Cases