MUSCAT, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The Omani health ministry announced on Thursday reported 1,518 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total confirmed number in the country to 51,725.
The new cases included 450 non-Omanis, the ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile, three new fatalities were reported, bringing the death toll to 236, while the tally of recovered cases rose by 1,016 to 33,021, according to the ministry statement.
With 5,456 tests for COVID-19 carried out in the past 24 hours, the overall number of tests in Oman has increased to 226,637, the statement noted.
The infection rate of COVID-19 is so far 22.8 percent in Oman, said Hassan Al Balushi, a doctor at the health ministry.
It is "a reasonable number because the number of tests is still few right now," he added. Enditem
