Kuwait: 596 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths

Kuwait’s Health Ministry declared on Friday recording 596 new COVID-19 cases in addition to five deaths caused by the deadly virus past 24 hours.
MoH official spokesperson Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said in statement to KUNA the caseload of contamination cases rose to 402,293 and the mortality toll settled at 2,361.
Dr. Al-Sanad added that medical authorities recorded 961 recovery causes, during the same duration, increasing tally of cured patients to 390,759, noting that the proportion of recoveries was estimated at 97.13 percent.
Number of patients under treatment at intensive care units amounted to 256, while the total count of positively diagnosed cases and continue to receive medical treatment stood at 9,173.
He further mentioned that 14,903 swab tests were conducted during the same period, putting overall number of such examinations at 3,486,175, also noting that the proportion of the infections in contrast to the tests was estimated at 4 percent.

 

Source: Kuwait News Agency