COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Rise in Arab Countries
RIYADH (Dispatches) – Morocco, Kuwait, Qatar and Lebanon has updated data on the novel coronavirus pandemic in each country, Anadolu Agency reports.
Morocco’s Health Ministry said two more patients died from the virus, bringing the death toll to 137.
Morocco’s case count rose to 2,670, while 298 have recovered in the country so far.
In Kuwait, the death toll is now six, after one more patient died on Saturday, while 280 people have recovered in the country so far.
The Health Ministry added that 93 people had tested positive for COVID-19, pushing total cases to 1,751.
The death toll from the pandemic in Qatar is now eight, while 510 people have recovered in the country so far.
Qatar’s Health Ministry said 345 more people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the total 5,008.
In Lebanon, four more people tested positive for COVID-19, pushing the total to 672.
Meanwhile, reports that Bahrain is witnessing straight days of increased infections with the highly contagious novel coronavirus have concerned international organizations over the inaction of the ruling Al Khalifah regime to take proper measures.
The Ministry of Health reported 40 new coronavirus cases. Out of those cases, two were migrant workers and 10 were people who encountered previously infected individuals.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bahrain has reached 1,744, while the death toll stands at seven, according to the latest running count by worldometers.info.
This came as Bahrain has been bitterly criticized by a number of human rights organizations over prison conditions, including overcrowding, poor sanitation and lack of medical care.
Even though the Manama regime has freed some 1,000 prisoners in an alleged response to the epidemic but actually under pressure from the global public opinion, what has caused international despair is that only around 6 percent of those freed included political dissidents.
Furthermore, Saudi Arabia has registered a record high number of coronavirus cases - over 1,000 people, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to over 8,200 the Health Ministry said.
"In the past 24 hours, the coronavirus was confirmed in 1,132 people in the kingdom; five more people died from complications related to the coronavirus”, Health Ministry spokesman Dr Mohammed Al-Abd Al-Aly said on Saturday at a press conference broadcast by Riyadh-based Al-Ekhbariya TV.
According to the spokesman, there are four foreigners among the people who died in the past 24 hours.
"Thus, the total number of people who have died from the coronavirus is 92. At the same time, 1,329 people have completely recovered from the virus”, the Saudi Arabia’s health ministry spokesman told reporters.
The novel coronavirus has spread to 185 countries and regions since emerging in China last December, with the U.S. and Europe now the hardest-hit areas in the world.
Morocco’s Health Ministry said two more patients died from the virus, bringing the death toll to 137.
Morocco’s case count rose to 2,670, while 298 have recovered in the country so far.
In Kuwait, the death toll is now six, after one more patient died on Saturday, while 280 people have recovered in the country so far.
The Health Ministry added that 93 people had tested positive for COVID-19, pushing total cases to 1,751.
The death toll from the pandemic in Qatar is now eight, while 510 people have recovered in the country so far.
Qatar’s Health Ministry said 345 more people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the total 5,008.
In Lebanon, four more people tested positive for COVID-19, pushing the total to 672.
Meanwhile, reports that Bahrain is witnessing straight days of increased infections with the highly contagious novel coronavirus have concerned international organizations over the inaction of the ruling Al Khalifah regime to take proper measures.
The Ministry of Health reported 40 new coronavirus cases. Out of those cases, two were migrant workers and 10 were people who encountered previously infected individuals.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bahrain has reached 1,744, while the death toll stands at seven, according to the latest running count by worldometers.info.
This came as Bahrain has been bitterly criticized by a number of human rights organizations over prison conditions, including overcrowding, poor sanitation and lack of medical care.
Even though the Manama regime has freed some 1,000 prisoners in an alleged response to the epidemic but actually under pressure from the global public opinion, what has caused international despair is that only around 6 percent of those freed included political dissidents.
Furthermore, Saudi Arabia has registered a record high number of coronavirus cases - over 1,000 people, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to over 8,200 the Health Ministry said.
"In the past 24 hours, the coronavirus was confirmed in 1,132 people in the kingdom; five more people died from complications related to the coronavirus”, Health Ministry spokesman Dr Mohammed Al-Abd Al-Aly said on Saturday at a press conference broadcast by Riyadh-based Al-Ekhbariya TV.
According to the spokesman, there are four foreigners among the people who died in the past 24 hours.
"Thus, the total number of people who have died from the coronavirus is 92. At the same time, 1,329 people have completely recovered from the virus”, the Saudi Arabia’s health ministry spokesman told reporters.
The novel coronavirus has spread to 185 countries and regions since emerging in China last December, with the U.S. and Europe now the hardest-hit areas in the world.