Kuwait listed 505 new coronavirus infections and three virus-related deaths on Tuesday to raise the total to 162,282 and 957 respectively, the health ministry said. The number of people hospitalised with the virus currently stands at 6,022 with 49 of them in intensive care units, according to ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad.
He revealed that some 8,426 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 1,479,530. The ministry had earlier reported that some 537 more people had been cured of the virus over the past day, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 155,303. 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.
