DOHA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Qatar's health ministry on Wednesday announced 1,740 new infections of the novel coronavirus, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 48,947.
"Some 1,439 people recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 13,283, while two died, raising the fatalities to 30," 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 201,180 people have undergone lab tests for COVID-19 so far in the country. Enditem
