KUWAIT CITY, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait on Monday reported 213 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths, bringing the total infections to 3,288 and death toll to 22, the health ministry said in a statement.
Among the new cases were 31 Kuwaiti citizens who returned from Britain, Germany, Qatar, the United States and Saudi Arabia, the statement said, adding 177 new cases were contacts with infected patients.
The cause of the infection for the other five is still under investigation, it noted.
The new death cases was a 53-year-old Kuwaiti citizen and a 54-year-old Indian resident.
Currently, 2,254 patients are receiving treatment, including 64 in ICU, according to the statement.
Meanwhile, Kuwaiti Minister of Health Bassel Al-Sabah announced the recovery of 206 from the coronavirus, raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 1,012.
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
