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Coronavirus: Qatar reports 1,830 new cases, total above 40,000, two new deaths

Workers wearing protective masks walk by on a street in Qatar's capital Doha, on May 17, 2020, as the country begins enforcing the world's toughest penalties for failing to wear masks in public, as it battles one of the world's highest coronavirus infection rates. More than 30,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the tiny Gulf country, 1.1 percent of the 2.75 million population, although just 15 people have died. Violators of the new rules will face up to three years in jail and fines of as much as $55,000.
Workers wearing face masks in Qatar. (File photo: Reuters)

Coronavirus: Qatar reports 1,830 new cases, total above 40,000, two new deaths

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Tommy Hilton, Al Arabiya English

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Qatar announced 1,830 new coronavirus cases and two new coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, in a statement issued by the Ministry of Public Health on Twitter.

The latest cases bring the total number of cases in the country above 40,000, to 40,481. Of these, 32,569 are active cases.

The Ministry also announced 605 new recoveries, bringing the total to 7,893.

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