KUWAIT CITY, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait on Saturday reported 278 new cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths, bringing the total infections to 2,892 and death toll to 19, the health ministry said in a statement.
Among the new cases were 13 Kuwaiti citizens who returned from Britain and France, the statement said, adding that 252 new cases were contacts with infected patients.
The cause of the infection for the other 13 is still under investigation.
The new death cases were a 74-year-old Kuwaiti citizen, a 45-year-old Egyptian resident, a 64-year-old Bangladeshi resident and a 59-year-old Indian resident.
Currently, 2,217 patients are receiving treatment, including 58 in ICU, according to the statement.
Meanwhile, Kuwaiti Minister of Health Bassel Al-Sabah announced the recovery of 43 from the coronavirus, raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 656.
On April 4, Kuwait reported the first death case of COVID-19.
The Kuwaiti government has imposed a nationwide curfew to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
On March 13, Kuwait suspended all commercial flights. The government also closed stores, malls and barbershops in an effort to curb the virus' spread. Enditem
