DOHA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Qatar's Health Ministry on Tuesday announced 951 new infections of COVID-19, increasing the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 17,142, of which 15,206 persons are under treatment.
"114 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,924, while the fatalities remain 12," the official Qatar News Agency reported, quoting a ministry statement.
Most of the new cases are of expatriate workers who have been subject to quarantine after they were found to have been in contact with confirmed cases.
A total of 109,762 persons have undergone lab tests for COVID-19 so far. Enditem
