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Coronavirus: Six people die from COVID-19 in Oman in one day

Indian nationals residing in Oman, wearing face masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, have their body temperatures measured at a terminal in Muscat International Airport ahead of their repatriation flight from the Omani capital, on May 12, 2020.
Indian nationals wearing face masks at Muscat airport. (File photo: Reuters)
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Coronavirus: Six people die from COVID-19 in Oman in one day

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Tommy Hilton, Al Arabiya English

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Oman's death toll from the coronavirus jumped on Monday after officials announced that six people had died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

The six new deaths take the death toll from 75 to 81.

The Omani Ministry of Health also reported 604 new cases, of which 344 are Omani citizens.

The increase is slightly less than on Sunday, when authorities identified 866 new cases.

The total number of cases in the sultanate is 17,486 as of Monday.

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