KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health said yesterday 701 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, but no death cases were registered. Total registered infections climbed to 74,486 while fatalities remained at 489, Ministry of Health (MoH) spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in a press statement. The health ministry had reported earlier that 648 people recovered from the virus within the same period, taking the total of recoveries up to 66,099

Dr Sanad said the new cases of infection include 500 Kuwaiti nationals, or 71.33 percent, and 201 non-Kuwaitis, or 28.67 percent. He further explained that the cases' distribution in medical zones was as follows: 209 in Ahmadi, 172 in Jahra, 127 in Farwaniya, 99 in Hawally and 94 in Capital.

Furthermore, he revealed that 118 patients were in the intensive care units, while the total number of patients receiving treatment was 7,898. Moreover, Dr Sanad said health care workers conducted 4,147 swab tests in the past 24 hours, raising total swabs since the outbreak of the pandemic to 548,005. - KUNA