KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait's Ministry of Health recorded on Monday 996 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the highest number since May 30.

The ministry also announced three more deaths caused by complications caused by the infection over the past 24 hours.

This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 171,994 and virus-related fatalities to 969.

According to the ministry’s spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, there are currently 8,905 active cases in the country out of which 90 are receiving treatment in intensive care units.

A total of 8,864 swab tests were conducted over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of COVID-19 examinations in the country to 1,608,305, Al-Sanad said.

Earlier in the day, the ministry announced that a total of 582 more patients have recovered from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, pushing the total number of recoveries in the country to 162,120.

The spokesman urged 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. — SG