A nurse takes swabs from people inside a car at a drive-through PCR testing center in Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait, Jan. 10, 2022. Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Sunday urged people in the country to limit their overseas trips to emergencies only, as the country registered a record number of daily COVID-19 infections.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Kuwait reached 2,999 on Sunday, a new daily high since the country's first case of the virus was reported in February 2020, according to the ministry. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
KUWAIT CITY, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Sunday urged people in the country to limit their overseas trips to emergencies only, as the country registered a record number of daily COVID-19 infections.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Kuwait reached 2,999 on Sunday, a new daily high since the country's first case of the virus was reported in February 2020, according to the ministry.
Since Jan. 5, the number of daily COVID-19 cases has surpassed and remained above 2,000 in Kuwait, a country with a population of 4.27 million people.
By Sunday, the total number of COVID-19 infections in Kuwait has climbed to 433,919, according to the health ministry. So far, the pandemic has claimed the lives of 2,471 people in the country.
A total of 17,751 COVID-19 patients are being treated, including 14 in the intensive care units, the ministry said, adding the number of people recovered from the disease rose by 388 to reach 413,697. ■
People wait in cars in front of a drive-through PCR testing center in Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait, Jan. 10, 2022. Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Sunday urged people in the country to limit their overseas trips to emergencies only, as the country registered a record number of daily COVID-19 infections.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Kuwait reached 2,999 on Sunday, a new daily high since the country's first case of the virus was reported in February 2020, according to the ministry. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
A medical worker checks a man's data at a COVID-19 vaccination center in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait, Jan. 10, 2022. Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Sunday urged people in the country to limit their overseas trips to emergencies only, as the country registered a record number of daily COVID-19 infections.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Kuwait reached 2,999 on Sunday, a new daily high since the country's first case of the virus was reported in February 2020, according to the ministry. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
People queue up at a COVID-19 vaccination center in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait, Jan. 10, 2022. Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Sunday urged people in the country to limit their overseas trips to emergencies only, as the country registered a record number of daily COVID-19 infections.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Kuwait reached 2,999 on Sunday, a new daily high since the country's first case of the virus was reported in February 2020, according to the ministry. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
People wait in cars in front of a drive-through PCR testing center in Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait, Jan. 10, 2022. Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Sunday urged people in the country to limit their overseas trips to emergencies only, as the country registered a record number of daily COVID-19 infections.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Kuwait reached 2,999 on Sunday, a new daily high since the country's first case of the virus was reported in February 2020, according to the ministry. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
People queue up at a COVID-19 vaccination center in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait, Jan.10, 2022. Kuwait's Ministry of Health on Sunday urged people in the country to limit their overseas trips to emergencies only, as the country registered a record number of daily COVID-19 infections.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Kuwait reached 2,999 on Sunday, a new daily high since the country's first case of the virus was reported in February 2020, according to the ministry. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
