(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
KUWAIT, Jan 17 (KUNA) -- Kuwait recorded 378 new coronavirus cases without deaths on Sunday, raising the total number of cases to 157,777, while total count of mortalities remained at 947, the Ministry of Health said.
In a statement to KUNA, ministry's official spokesperson Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad has said there are 54 patients in the ICUs, raising the total number of patients still receiving medical care to 5,688.
He added that 8,251 swabs were done in the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of swabs to 1.397,545 since local eruption of the pandemic months ago.
The ministry announced earlier that 464 people recovered from the virus, raising the total number of recoveries to 151,142. (end)
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