Kuwait announces 1,437 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths

June 12, 2021 / 10:55 PM

Sharjah 24 – KUNA: Kuwait said 1,437 people tested positive for coronavirus while four related deaths were reported on Saturday, taking the total up to 326,451 and 1,817, respectively, according to the health ministry.

Another 1,317 people were cured of the virus, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 308,829, ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad told a press conference.

The number of people hospitalised with the virus currently stands at 15,805, with 161 of them in intensive care units, he added, revealing that some 10,067 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 2,741,423.