GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi registers 1,905 cases; Kuwait records 7 deaths

The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has reported 1,905 additional coronavirus cases, spiking the tally of overall infections to 44,830.

The city of Riyadh led with 673 cases, followed by Jeddah (338) and Makkah (283).

The ministry also confirmed nine additional deaths, raising the death toll to 273.

With additional 2,365 recoveries, the total number of recoveries has risen to 17,622.

#الصحة⁩ تعلن عن تسجيل (1905) حالة إصابة جديدة بفيروس ⁧#كورونا⁩ الجديد (كوفيد19)، وتسجيل (9) حالات وفيات رحمهم الله، وتسجيل (2365) حالة تعافي ليصبح إجمالي عدد الحالات المتعافية (17,622) حالة ولله الحمد. pic.twitter.com/zgT42leapU

— و ز ا ر ة ا لـ صـ حـ ة السعودية (@SaudiMOH) May 13, 2020

Kuwait
The Ministry of Health has registered 715 additional Covid-19 cases and seven deaths.

The total infections now stand at 11,028 while the Covid-19-related death toll has risen to 82.

As many as 169 people are in the intensive care, of whom 77 are said to be in a critical condition.

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— Kuwait News Agency – English Feed (@kuna_en) May 13, 2020

Oman 
The Ministry of Health has registered 298 new Covid-19 cases, which include 89 Omanis and 209 expatriates. The tally of infections has risen to 4,019.

The ministry also confirmed that 17 people have succumbed to the virus while 1,289 patients have so far recovered.

وزارة الصحة : تسجيل (298) حالة إصابة جديدة بمرض فيروس #كورونا (كوفيد ١٩)، منها (89) حالة لعمانيين، و (209) حالات لغير عمانيين وبذلك يصبح العدد الكلّي للحالات المسجلة في السلطنة (4019) حالة، وعدد الوفيات (17) وتود الوزارة التأكيد بأن (1289) حالة قد تماثلت للشفاء.

— وكالة الأنباء العمانية (@OmanNewsAgency) May 13, 2020

Bahrain
As of May 12, 8.30pm, Bahrain recorded a total of 3,330 active Covid-19 cases, of whom five were reported to be in a critical condition.

Qatar
The Ministry of Public Health has announced 1,390 positive Covid-19 cases in the country, as a result of 3,833 people screened for the virus in the last 24 hours.

As many as 3,143 people have till now recovered from the infection.

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Latest update on Coronavirus in Qatar#سلامتك_هي_سلامتي #YourSafetyIsMySafety pic.twitter.com/hZi2sczB1z

— وزارة الصحة العامة (@MOPHQatar) May 13, 2020