Last week saw an alarming increase in the number of COVID-19 infections and patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) in hospitals, with one fully vaccinated person among the 10 deaths reported on Friday.
Friday saw a surge in infections and a total of 271 patients availing treatment in the ICU, while the active positive cases reached a total of 18,615, with 920 patients receiving treatment in the general-ward. Meanwhile, the total deaths due to COVID-19 related infections climbed to 1913.
The total number of cases registered in the country as of Friday was 348,262, and the total recoveries to-date were 327,734 cases, with the percentage of total recovery cases out of the total infections amounting to 94.11 percent
The total number of swab tests conducted so far stood at 2,907, 511 indicating that the percentage of infections for the number of these swabs amounted to 11.99 percent.
With regard to the percentage of infections by governorate, the ministry indicated that 24 percent of them were in Hawalli Governorate, 13 percent in Jahra Governorate, 9 percent in the Capital Governorate, 21 percent in Farwaniya Governorate, and 33 percent in Ahmadi Governorate
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