Ministry of Health announced 631 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 49,303, while 5 deaths was reported raising the number fatalities to 365.
Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) some of these cases were in contact with infected persons and the source of the other infections is being traced. The new cases were 386 Kuwaiti nationals and 245 expatriates, Dr. Al-Sanad pointed out.
Giving a breakdown of the cases’ distribution per areas, Dr. Al-Sanad said that 197 of the patients were registered in Al-Ahmadi, 142 in Al-Farwaniya, 129 in Al-Jahra, 104 in Hawally and 59 Al-Assima (the capital). Currently, there were 158 patients receiving treatment at intensive care units and count of the confirmed cases that remained under medical treatment amounted to 8,995, Dr. Al-Sanad revealed.
The health authorities conducted 3,443 swab tests in the past 24 hours, raising the whole count to 402,941, Dr. Al-Sanad added. Earlier today, the Health Ministry announced the recovery of 667 COVID-19 patients, bringing the tally to 39,943.
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