The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Monday, the registration of 1,541 new Coronavirus infections, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 352,552.
Additionally, it indicated that 47 deaths were registered during the past 24 hours.
“1,541 confirmed cases were recorded among residents and 24 cases among expatriates,” noting that “47 new deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 4,297”, the Ministry explained.
“The number of hospitalizations yesterday was 2,226 including 941 in intensive care, and the number of laboratory tests taken yesterday was 7,473 of which 2.186 were taken at the airport”, the Ministry concluded.