publish time

23/04/2021

author name Arab Times

publish time

23/04/2021

KUWAIT CITY, April 23: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health has announced recording 1,432 new coronavirus infections and 9 related deaths in the past 24 hours. The new figures take the total cases in the country up to 264,198 and deaths to 1,502 respectively, noted the ministry’s spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad in statements to KUNA on Friday. He pointed out that some 1,312 more people had been cured of the virus over the past day, raising the total of those who have overcome the disease to 247,136. He added that the number of people hospitalized with the virus currently stands at 15,560, with 222 of them in intensive care units. Al-Sanad revealed that some 9,171 swab tests were conducted over the last day, bringing the total to 2,265,300. He renewed calls for nationals and expatriates alike to abide by health precautions to curb the spread of the virus. (KUNA)