publish time

22/03/2020

author name Arab Times

publish time

22/03/2020

KUWAIT CITY, Mar 22: Official spokesman of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 12 new coronavirus infection cases were discovered over past 24 hours bringing total number of people infected with COVID-19 virus to 188

During a press conference, the ministry's spokesperson Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad pointed out that four patients were in close contact with persons who had travelled to the UK, 2 Kuwaitis and 2 Filipino residents, 1 was in contact to a patient recently arrived from Egypt.
He added that the sixth case related to a Kuwaiti citizen recently arrived from Brazil, noting that the rest of the cases, their details will be revealed later.
Earlier today, Health Minister Sheikh Dr. Basil Al-Sabah announced that three coronavirus cases have recovered, 2 cases that belong to Kuwaiti female and male citizens, and a third to a Spanish expat, bringing the number of cases that recovered in the country to 30 cases.