– Kuwait’s daily coronavirus cases rose by 42 to 411,358 as deaths increased by one to 2,443, the health ministry said on Thursday.

Another 65 people were cured of the virus, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 408,224, according to ministry spokesperson Dr. Abdallah Al-Sanad in a statement.

The number of people hospitalised with the virus at COVID-19 wards is 44, with 11 of them in intensive care units, he added, revealing that another 691 are receiving regular treatment.

Some 16,999 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 4,123,606, mentioned the official.

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

Source: Kuwait News Agency