Kuwait reports six new coronavirus deaths, 841 infections

KUWAIT, May 18 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Health of Kuwait announced Monday that the lethal novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed the lives of six people in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll up to 118.
In his daily coronavirus update, the Health Ministry Spokesperson Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad stated that 841 people have tested positive for the highly contagious virus today, increasing the overall number of infections in the country to 15,691.
He pointed out that 161 patients were in intensive care.
Al-Sanad noted that the ministry has conducted 3838 coronavirus tests in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of tests conducted up to 248,314.
Earlier, the Health Ministry announced the recovery of 246 COVID-19 patients, bringing the total to 4,339 recoveries. (end) mak.ibi