A Kuwaiti police car patrols deserted streets in Kuwait city, on March 23, 2020, a day after authorities declared a nationwide curfew amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health confirmed on Thursday 13 new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during the past 24 hours, bringing the total of registered infections in the country to 208 cases.
Kuwaiti news agency (KUNA) today quoted the ministry's spokesman, Dr. Abdullah Al Sanad, as saying that six of the new cases are for citizens linked with travel, two have recently arrived from Saudi Arabia, two from Egypt, one from France and the other one is still under investigation.
Furthermore, the other seven cases are for people who were in contact with infected patients, two of them were in contact with cases linked to travel to Saudi Arabia, two with cases from Azerbaijan (one is Kuwaiti and the other is Indian), in addition to one Kuwaiti who contacted a case linked to travel to UK, one is with a case from Philippines while the other one is a Somali who was in contact with a Somali patient and is under investigation.
The Spokesman revealed that out of the 208 cases, 49 have recovered and 159 are still receiving treatment, after the Kuwaiti Health Minister Sheikh Dr. Basil Al Sabah announced earlier on Thursday the recovery of six COVID-19 cases.
Al Sanad indicated, that seven cases are still in the ICU, two of them are in critical condition while the other five are stable.
Meanwhile, he said that at the quarantine centers, a number of 853 people had finished the quarantine period after completing their specific time, in addition to all the precautionary measures and ensuring that all of their laboratory samples have tested negative for the virus.
