publish time

05/01/2022

author name Arab Times

publish time

05/01/2022

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 4: Kuwait on Wednesday said 2,246 more people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the country's caseload to 423,042, health ministry data showed. Some 211 more people recovered from the virus to up the number of those to have overcome the disease to 412,485. according to ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, adding that the recovery to positive case ratio stands at 97.5 percent. The death toll from the pandemic increased with 1 at 2,469, while 40 people are hospitalized with the virus, 7 of whom need intensive care, he told KUNA. Some 25,470 swab tests were conducted over the last day, out of a total of 6,072,961 so far, added the spokesman.(KUNA)