Kuwait recorded 204 new coronavirus infections on Monday to raise the total 149,857 and one virus-related death in the past 24 hours as the death toll rose to 932, the health ministry said. The number of people hospitalised with the virus currently stands at 3,117, with 42 of them in intensive care units, according to the ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, who revealed that some 2,106 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 1,245,502.

The ministry had earlier reported that some 229 more people had been cured of the virus over the past day, raising the total of those who have overcome the disease to 145,808. He went on to urge nationals and expatriates alike that abiding by health precautions, mainly, following social distancing rules, is the only way to halt the spread of the virus.


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