publish time

12/02/2021

author name Arab Times

publish time

12/02/2021

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 12: Kuwait said 1,021 people were tested positive for coronavirus with 7 related deaths reported on Friday taking the total cases up to 176,052 as deaths rose to 992 respectively, according to the health ministry. The number of people hospitalized with the virus currently stands at 10,523, with 122 of them in intensive care units, according to ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, who revealed that some 11,240 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 1,651,287. He went on to urge nationals and expatriates alike that abiding by health precautions, mainly, following social distancing rules, is the only way to halt the spread of the virus. The ministry had earlier reported that some 642 more people had been cured of the virus over the past day, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 164,537.