1,391 infected with coronavirus; 5 deaths

KUWAIT CITY, April 15: Kuwait Ministry of Health Thursday registered four deaths and 1,391 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. The 5 new fatalities raised total deaths to 1,428 and registered infections topped 253,066, ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said in a statement to KUNA. He added that 1,331 people recovered in the past 24 hours to reach a total of 236,384. He said recovery-toinfection ratio was 93.4 percent. Al-Sanad said 244 Covid-19 patients were in the intensive care units, while total patients receiving health care was 15,254. Health care workers conducted 8,628 swab tests in the past 24 hours to reach a total of 2,195,787 tests since the pandemic broke out in Kuwait, said Al-Sanad who added that infections-to-swab ratio was 16.12 percent. (KUNA)