— At least 1,160 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload up to 304,199, Spokesman for the Ministry of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said on Thursday.

Those who recovered from the disease are 1,078 in the same period, taking overall recoveries to 289,367, he told KUNA in a statement.

Four patients succumbed to the virus, he noted, indicating that the death toll has risen so far to 1,755.

Up to 13,077 patients are hospitalized, in addition to 152 cases at intensive care units, he stated.

Overall medical swabs rose to 2.56 million after conducting 10,774 in the same period, he pointed out. The ratio between recoveries and swabs is 10.77 percent today.

Al-Sanad renewed call for both citizens and residents to abide by health precautions and physical distancing, as well as avoid gatherings.

He also appealed to the public to follow up official accounts of the ministry and the state’s bodies to be briefed on guidelines and recommendations in order to control the spread of the virus

Source: Kuwait News Agency