(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Dec 4 (KUNA) -- Kuwait listed 343 new coronavirus infections on Friday to raise the total 143,917, while two deaths recorded over the past 24 hours upped its death toll from the outbreak to 886, the health ministry said.
The number of people hospitalized with the virus currently stands at 3,883, with 84 of them in intensive care units, according to ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, who revealed that some 12,124 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 1,130,744.
The spokesman urged on citizens and expatriates alike that abiding by health precautions, mainly, following social distancing rules, is the only way to halt the spread of the virus. (pickup previous)
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