KUWAIT: Kuwait registered 499 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the past 24 hours, raising the total to 136,840, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday. Deaths reached 838 with the addition of three fatalities, it added. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that there were 109 patients receiving treatment in intensive care units.
Those still receiving treatment amounted to 8,417. Health workers conducted 4,854 swab tests in the past 24 hours, raising the whole count to 1,011,566. Earlier, the ministry announced 683 COVID-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 127,585. - KUNA