Coronavirus pandemic: Kuwait announces 66 new Covid-19 cases, 8 recoveries

Kuwait confirmed 66 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the total to 1,300, according to a health ministry spokesman.

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- Kuwait News Agency - English Feed (@kuna_en) April 13, 2020

Kuwaiti Minister of Health Sheikh Dr. Basel Al Sabah on Monday announced the recovery of eight patients from the novel coronavirus, raising the country's total recoveries to 150. The Kingdom also recorded one new fatality raising the death toll to two.

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- Kuwait News Agency - English Feed (@kuna_en) April 13, 2020

The minister told the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, that the patients - all Kuwaiti nationals - will be admitted to a rehabilitation ward before being discharged from hospital.