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Kuwait lists 492 new COVID cases, two deaths

January 25, 2021 | 07:01 p.m EDT

KUWAIT: Kuwait registered 492 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in addition to two deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the caseload of contaminations with the virus to 161,777 and the fatalities' toll to 954, the Health Ministry said yesterday. The ministry added that the number of people receiving treatment at intensive care units amounted to 51 as of yesterday, whereas the whole count of confirmed infection cases and remained under medical care stood at 6,057.

It pointed out that 7,928 swab tests were conducted during the same period, bringing the total of such examinations to 1,471,104. The ministry had announced earlier 531 recoveries from the virus during the same period, bringing the total of the recuperated to 154,766. - KUNA

January 25, 2021 07:01 PM

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