{"id":66851,"date":"2021-02-07T16:25:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T13:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=66851"},"modified":"2021-02-07T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T13:30:24","slug":"962-new-coronavirus-cases-two-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/962-new-coronavirus-cases-two-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"962 new coronavirus cases, two deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kuwait&#8217;s Ministry of Health (MoH) registered on Sunday 962 additional COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour span, increasing the total number of infections to 170,998, while two fatalities were recorded to raise the death toll to 966.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, active cases amounted to 8,494 with 82 of them in intensive care units, MoH&#8217;s Spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA. Health authorities conducted 9,409 swab tests to a total of 1,599,441, which meant that 10.2 percent of the swab tests performed in 24 hours were for infections, he revealed. Dr. Al-Sanad urged everyone in Kuwait to adhere to precautionary measures against the virus and maintain social distancing. Earlier, the ministry confirmed 445 fresh recovery cases, added to a total of 161,538 cured people thus far.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66855\" src=\"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sunnday-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sunnday-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sunnday-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sunnday-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sunnday-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sunnday-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sunnday-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sunnday-696x696.png 696w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sunnday-1068x1068.png 1068w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sunnday-420x420.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuwait&#8217;s Ministry of Health (MoH) registered on Sunday 962 additional COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour span, increasing the total number of infections to 170,998, while two fatalities were recorded to raise the death toll to 966. 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