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COVID-19: Kuwait reports 9 more deaths, 665 new cases

New deaths take overall fatalities to 165; cases rise to 21,967

25 May 2020, 10:57 by Khitam Al Amir, Senior Staff Writer

Dubai: Kuwait reported nine more COVID-19 related deaths and 665 new cases on Monday.

The Ministry of Health said the country’s total coronavirus cases have risen to 21,967, while its death tally reached 165.

The Health Ministry also said that 504 more patients have fully recovered, bringing to 6,621 the total number of recoveries.

All the new cases were in contact with previously infected people or are being investigated for sources of infection, the Health Ministry’s spokesman Dr Abdullah Al Sanad said in a statement to KUNA.

Kuwait is enforcing a 24-hour nationwide curfew until May 30 to stem the spread of the coronavirus.