Oman has registered nine deaths and 1,318 new cases of coronavirus, of which the majority of the cases are from citizens by 1,009 and the rest 309 from foreigners, taking the total cases to 56,015.
The death toll reached 257 after reporting the new deaths.
Meanwhile, 843 new recoveries were announced, bringing the total to 36,098.
3,570 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, across the sultanate.
So far 238,614 COVID-19 tests have been conducted.
Oman had decided to toughen penalties against COVID-19 violators. This may include publishing the names and pictures of the violators in the media.
In March, Oman began to introduce lockdowns in certain regions such as Muscat, Dhofar and Duqm and some tourist towns, but since April it has gradually allowed commercial centres to reopen and lifted the lockdown in the Muscat region, which includes the capital.
Air and land borders remain closed, except for repatriation flights.
