The Ministry of Health confirmed 75 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 417 cases.
Five of the persons who tested positive for contracting the disease came back to Kuwait from the United Kingdom as part of the latest repatriates’ evacuation, said Dr. Abdullah AlSanad, the MoH official spokesperson.
A Kuwaiti female citizen, who was repatriated from Iran, also tested positive. Another case, an Iraqi woman who resides in Kuwait, is also related to travel to Iraq.
The number of those who mingled with infected persons reached 36, including three Kuwaiti citizens who were in close contact with a patient who had traveled to the UK and a single national who had interacted with a person under examination for contamination, Dr. AlSanad added.
