1,206 infected from coronavirus; 9 deaths

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KUWAIT CITY, April 24: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health has announced recording 1,206 new coronavirus infections and 9 related deaths in the past 24 hours. The new figures take the total cases in the country up to 265,404 and deaths to 1,511 respectively, noted the ministry’s spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad in statements to KUNA on Saturday. He pointed out that some 1,497 more people had been cured of the virus over the past day, raising the total of those who have overcome the disease to 248,633. He added that the number of people hospitalized with the virus currently stands at 15,260, with 219 of them in intensive care units. Al-Sanad revealed that some 7,518 swab tests were conducted over the last day, bringing the total to 2,272,818. He renewed calls for nationals and expatriates alike to abide by health precautions to curb the spread of the virus. (KUNA)

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