publish time

13/04/2020

author name Arab Times

publish time

13/04/2020

KUWAIT CITY, Apr 13: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health confirmed, Sunday, that 66 people were infected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 1,300.


During its daily briefing, Health Ministry spokesperson Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said that 26 patients were in intensive care, adding two death has been reported, one is from an earlier incident during the start of this month, and the other is recent which is related to a male 50 years old national, who was in the intensive care unit.


Those currently receiving treatment at hospitals reached 1,148 patients said the spokesperson, adding that 746 individuals have completed quarantine in the last 24 hours.


The spokesman also said 11 cases are under investigation.
Earlier, the ministry announced the recovery of nine new patients, bringing the total to 150 recoveries.