KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait has recorded 478 new cases of the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the country's infection tally to 54,058, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA said Saturday, quoting a health official.

The latest tally showed a drop in the single-day infections against Friday when 740 cases were reported.

The latest cases are 310 Kuwaitis and 168 foreign residents, health ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said.

Three more deaths from COVID-19 have brought the total such fatalities in Kuwait to 386, according to the official.

All the new cases were in contact with previously infected people or are being investigated for sources of infection, Dr. Al-Sanad added in a daily update.

On Friday, Kuwait urged its citizens and residents against traveling abroad at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“The ministry of health urges citizens and residents against traveling abroad at the present time, due to the instability of the coronavirus epidemiological situation and the continuous transmission and spread of COVID-19 infection despite the strict precautionary measures and guidelines followed in various countries around the world,” the ministry said on Twitter. — Agencies