Kuwait on Sunday declared 992 new coronavirus infections, 1,166 recoveries and 10 deaths over the past 24 hours, Spokesman for the Ministry of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said.

The new figures increased the death toll to 1,734, overall infections to 299,215 and recoveries to 285,118, he told KUNA.

The ratio between the total recoveries and infections hit 95.28 percent, he noted.

There are 153 patients at the intensive care units, while 12,363 others are receiving treatment at the hospitals’ wards, he pointed out.

As many as 8,396 medical swabs were conducted in the same period, taking the total tests to 2,525,643, he stated.

He said that the ratio of infections to these swabs reached 11.81 percent.

Al-Sanad renewed call for both citizens and expats to abide by the precautionary measures and physical distancing as well as avoid gatherings.

He also appealed to them to follow up the officials’ accounts of the ministry and the state’s bodies to be briefed on guidelines and recommendations so as to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic

Source: Kuwait News Agency