KUWAIT, March 12: Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) registered Wednesday 1,356 additional COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour span, increasing the total number of infections to 207,249, while 8 fatalities were recorded, raising the death toll to 1,156. Active cases amounted to 14,676 with 195 of them in intensive care units, MoH's Spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA.

Health authorities conducted 7,807 swab tests to a total of 1,893,722, which meant that 17.37 percent of swab tests performed in 24 hours were infections, he revealed.. Dr. Al-Sanad urged everyone in Kuwait to comply to the precautionary measures against the virus and maintain social distancing.

He recommends that everyone should visit MoH's official accounts and official authorities in the country to view the instructions, recommendations, and everything that would contribute to crush the virus.
Earlier today, the ministry confirmed 1,182 fresh recovery cases, increasing the total to 191,417 cured people so far (KUNA)