KUWAIT CITY — Some 639 people recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 49,020, Kuwaiti ministry hsaid on Saturday.

The ministry added that the new number was based on clinical tests, which proved that the patients were now virus-free.

The ministry also 683 new cases of the deadly coronavirus, raising the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 58,904.

Three people died due to complications caused by COVID-19, the ministry added.

The virus-related death toll in the country is now 407.

Kuwait began slowly easing restrictions earlier this month and has since allowed commercial activities to resume operations.

Mosques also reopened in Kuwait for the first time in months on Friday, welcoming believers for prayers who were ordered to maintain social distancing measures. — Agencies