The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Monday, the registration of 3,560 new Coronavirus infections, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date 452,281.

Additionally, it indicated that 61 deaths were registered during the past 24 hours.

3,560 confirmed cases were recorded among residents and 24 cases among expatriates,” noting that “61 new deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,964”, the Ministry explained.

“The number of hospitalizations yesterday was 2,364 including 982 in intensive care, and the number of laboratory tests taken yesterday was 21,181 of which 2,444 were taken at the airport”, the Ministry concluded.

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