Kuwait listed 205 new coronavirus infections and one virus-related death on Saturday to raise the total to 151,074 and 937 respectively, the health ministry said.
The number of people hospitalized with the virus currently stands at 3,147, with 47 of them in intensive care units, according to ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, who revealed that some 3,245 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 1,262,238.
The ministry had earlier reported that some 213 more people had been cured from the virus over the past day, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 146,990.
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.
