– Kuwait on Monday said 982 more people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the country’s caseload to 419,314, health ministry data showed.

Some 171 more people recovered from the viurs to up the number of those to have overcome the disease to 412,073 according to ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, adding that the recovery to positive case ratio stands at 98.3 percent.

The death toll from the pandemic remained unchanged at 2,468, while 35 people are hospitalized with the virus, eight of whom need intensive care, he told KUNA.

Some 22,491 swab tests were conducted over the last day, out of a total of 6,025,332 so far, added the spokesman.

Source: Kuwait News Agency