KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Ministry of Health reported 3 deaths and 682 cases due to COVID-19. The death toll climbed up to 749 and the infected cases to 122,317, health ministry data showed.

According to ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, the number of people hospitalized with the virus stands at 8,177; 122 of whom in intensive care units.

Al-Sanad added that 5,431 swab tests were conducted in the past 24 hrs, with a total of 881,681 so far.

Meanwhile, some 620 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours to raise the total to 113,391, the ministry said.