Oman has registered eight deaths and a huge increase of 1,679 new cases of coronavirus, of which the majority of the cases are from citizens by 1,313 and the rest 366 from foreigners.
This takes the total COVID-19 cases in the sultanate to 61,247.
The death toll reached 281 after reporting the new deaths.
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Meanwhile, 1,051 new recoveries were announced, bringing the total to 39,038.
613 tests were conducted across the sultanate in the past 24 hours.
So far 253,444 COVID-19 tests have been conducted.
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.
