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Kuwaiti Health Ministry announces 900 new virus cases

Published: 23 May 2020 - 04:20 pm | Last Updated: 08 Nov 2021 - 03:36 am
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Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health on Saturday announced 900 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in the past 24 hours, taking the overall count to 20,464.

Ten deaths from Covid-19 took the death toll to 148, said the Ministry's Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad.

Earlier today, the Ministry of Health announced 232 more recoveries, which pushed the overall to 5,747.

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