KUWAIT - Kuwait announced 861 new coronavirus cases and three related deaths in the past 24 hours, reported KUNA.

The state news agency quoted the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health as saying that the new figures took the total cases to 292,490 and deaths to 1,696.

The ministry added that 1,004 patients have recovered from the virus over the past day, bringing the total recoveries to 278,824.

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