The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health declared on Saturday recording 900 new coronavirus infection cases in past 24 hours, raising toll of contamination cases to 20,464 since outbreak of the contagion in the Gulf state.

The ministry also reported 10 new deaths from the virus increasing total number of fatalities resulting from the contagious disease to 148.

This includes 264 Indians, 164 Kuwaiti Citizens, 150 Egyptians and 137 Bangladeshi residents.

Farwaniya residential area reported 100 cases, while Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh reported 78, Mahboula 68, Mangaf 67 and Khaitan 67 cases.

Earlier, the Health Ministry announced the recovery of 232 people from the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total recovery to 5,747.