publish time

15/11/2020

author name Arab Times

publish time

15/11/2020

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 15: Kuwait on Saturday tallied 499 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours to up the total to 136,840, while 3 fatalities pushed its death toll from the outbreak to 838, the health ministry said.

The number of people hospitalized with the virus currently stands at 8,417, with 109 of them in intensive care units, according to ministry Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, adding that some 4,854 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 1,011,566 so far.

The ministry had earlier reported that some 683 people had recovered from the virus over the past day, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 127,585.

The spokesman went on to urge citizens and expatriates alike that abiding by health precautions, mainly, following social distancing rules, is the only way to halt the spread of the virus. (KUNA)