The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Monday, the registration of 3,588 new Coronavirus infections, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date 434,322.

Additionally, it indicated that 55 deaths were registered during the past 24 hours.

3,588 confirmed cases were recorded among residents and 24 cases among expatriates,” noting that “55 new deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,664”, the Ministry explained.

“The number of hospitalizations yesterday was 2,364 including 949 in intensive care, and the number of laboratory tests taken yesterday was 21,062 of which 3,441 were taken at the airport”, the Ministry concluded.

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