Kuwait confirmed 742 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total caseload  to 131,205 so far.

The Health Ministry Official Spokesman Dr. Abdulla Al-Sanad said that four infected people had succumbed to the disease, which takes the death toll to 808.

 There are 114 people currently receiving intensive care for the virus out of a total 8,508 patients being hospitalized. The ministry has conducted 5,278 swab tests in the last 24 hours, out of a total of 960,725 so far.

The ministry earlier said that 626 infected people have recovered from the virus, upping the total number of those to have overcome the disease to 121,889.