Ministry of Health announced 609 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 34,432, while 4 deaths were reported raising the number fatalities to 279.
The ministry spokesperson Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said in his daily briefing that four new deaths were also recorded during the same period, raising the toll of fatalities from the virus to 279 since outbreak of the pandemic in the country. He added that some of the cases contracted the virus due to mingling and others were being screened to determine and track source of the contamination.
Dr. Al-Sanad said the new infection cases included 264 Kuwaiti citizens, 106 Indian nationals, 58 from Egypt, 44 from Bangladesh and the rest hailed from various other countries. The infections according to health zones: 249 in Al-Farwaniya, 129 in Al-Ahmadi, 101 in Al-Jahraa, 81 in Hawally and 49 in Al-Assimah (the capital).
There are currently 184 patients in intensive care wards and the total count of such cases stands at 10,016. Dr. Al-Sanad said 46 patients were cured of the infectious disease and were discharged from quarantines in past 24, however the healed were advised to sequester themselves at their houses for 14 days. He put number of swab tests, conducted in past 24 hours, at 2,771 noting that the whole figure of the examinations reached 327,144 since outbreak of the communicable disease.
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