The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Monday, the registration of 2,253 new Coronavirus infections, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date 436,575.

Additionally, it indicated that 51 deaths were registered during the past 24 hours.

2,253 confirmed cases were recorded among residents and 24 cases among expatriates,” noting that “51 new deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,715”, the Ministry explained.

“The number of hospitalizations yesterday was 2,366 including 955 in intensive care, and the number of laboratory tests taken yesterday was 20,816 of which 2,752 were taken at the airport”, the Ministry concluded.

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