Kuwait Ministry of Health said on Monday seven persons died due to infection with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) while 1,935 others tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.

Ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said, in a statement to KUNA, that the total count of infections reached 340,967 and the death toll settled at 1,877, including the newly listed seven fatalities.

He added in his remarks to KUNA that the medical authorities listed 1,408 fresh recovery cases, during the same duration, with the tally of the patients pronounced as cured amounting to 321,293, also noting that the proportion of the cured of the whole cases stood at 94.23 percent.

Number of patients receiving treatment at intensive care units reached 227 and the whole figure of the confirmed infection cases that continued to be subject to medical treatment amounted to 17,797

The spokesman said 13,536 PCR swab tests were conducted in the past 24 hours to reach a total of 2,851,002. He added infection-to-swab ratio was 14.30 percent.

Al-Sanad called on the public to maintain social distancing and wear masks, as well as follow instructions from the official sources.