Kuwait listed 301 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday to raise the total 144,900, while three deaths recorded over the past 24 hours upped the death toll from the outbreak to 900, the health ministry said.
The number of people hospitalised with the virus currently stands at 3,362, with 83 of them in intensive care units, according to ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, who revealed that some 5,783 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 1,152,203. The ministry had earlier reported that some 297 more people had been cured from the virus over the past day, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 140,638.
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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