Kuwait’s daily coronavirus cases rose by 62 to 410,693 as deaths increased by one to 2,429, the health ministry said on Friday.
Another 154 people were cured of the virus, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 406,855, according to ministry spokesperson Dr. Abdallah Al-Sanad in a statement.
The number of people hospitalised with the virus at COVID-19 wards is 87, with 38 of them in intensive care units, he added, revealing that another 1,409 are receiving regular treatment.
Some 15,501 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 3,918,050, mentioned the official.
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.