Kuwait sees decrease in daily cases of Covid-19 infection

Author May 13, 2021

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Expatriates, arriving to Kuwait, stand a safe distance apart to give their details to ministry of health officials in a makeshift coronavirus testing centre, at Kuwait International Fairgrounds in Mishref, Kuwait March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee - RC2FMF900M2F

Kuwait’s Ministry of Health has announced recording 1,059 new coronavirus infections and 5 related deaths in the past 24 hours.

The new figures take the total cases in the country up to 289,243 and deaths to 1,674 respectively, noted the ministry’s spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad in statements to KUNA on Thursday.

He pointed out that some 1,265 more people had been cured of the virus over the past day, raising the total of those who have overcome the disease to 274,554.