1,408 more infected with coronavirus; 13% rise in cases

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KUWAIT CITY, May 25: Kuwait on Tuesday tallied 1,408 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours to up the total to 301,863, while 5 fatalities pushed its death toll from the outbreak to 1,746, the health ministry said. Some 1,158 more people had recovered from the virus in the same period to raise the total of those to have overcome the respiratory illness to 287,357, which equates to a national recovery rate of 95.19 percent, ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said. The number of people hospitalized with the virus stands at 12,760, with 146 of them in intensive care units, he revealed, adding that some 10,812 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total 2,545,841 so far. The spokesman went on to urge citizens and expatriates alike that abiding by health precautions, mainly, following social distancing rules, is the only way to halt the spread of the virus. (KUNA)

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