publish time

27/01/2021

author name Arab Times

publish time

27/01/2021

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 27: Kuwait Health Ministry listed 580 coronavirus (COVID- 19) cases with 0 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the caseload of contamination with the virus to 162,862 and the fatalities’ toll to 957.

The ministry, in a statement on Monday, added that number of people who are receiving treatment at intensive care units amounted to 44, thus the whole count of the confirmed infection cases and remained under medical care stood at 6,166. It pointed out that 11,419 swab tests were conducted in the past 24 hours bringing the total of such examinations to 1.490,949.

The ministry announced earlier 436 recoveries from the virus, during the last 24 hours, bringing the total of the recuperated to 155,739. The ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, and its direct health, economic, and social consequences, played a key role in undermining stability of international energy markets including renewable and clean energy, the head of Kuwait’s environmental body has affirmed.