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Kuwait announces 845 new COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths

Published: 28 May 2020 - 02:06 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 11:55 pm
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Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health Thursday announced the infection of 845 more people with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 24,112.

Ten more patients also died from the COVID-19, in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll up to 185, said the ministry's spokesman Abdullah Al Sanad in his daily briefing on the virus situation in the country.

Some 15,229 patients are still receiving medical treatment, of whom 197 infected people are in intensive care units, the spokesman added.

Earlier, the ministry confirmed the recovery of 752 additional novel coronavirus patients, bringing the total number of recoveries to 8,698 so far. (QNA)