Kuwait on Monday recorded 652 recoveries and 559 new coronavirus cases. There were no new virus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the country's ministry of health said. Total cases in the country now stand close to 60,000, and 408 people in the country have died from the novel coronavirus. The recoveries to date stand at 50,339. As many as 3,355 new COVID-19 tests were carried out in the country in 24 hours, taking the total to 462,704. There are 9,016 active cases in the country, the ministry said, of which 138 are in serious condition. Kuwait slowly began easing restrictions earlier this month and has since allowed commercial activities to resume operations. Mosques also reopened in Kuwait for the first time in months on Friday, welcoming believers for prayers who were ordered to maintain social distancing measures. On Sunday, the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), the state oil company of Kuwait, canceled a large number of tenders and contracts after a slump in oil demand due to the coronavirus. — Agencies
