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Coronavirus: Qatar detects 608 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths

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A man wearing a ptotective mask walks by a water fountain at Qatar's touristic Souq Waqif bazar in the capital Doha, on May 17, 2020, as the country begins enforcing the world's toughest penalties for failing to wear masks in public while 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.
A man walks in the capital Doha. (File photo: AP)

Coronavirus: Qatar detects 608 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths

Tamara Abueish, Al Arabiya English

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Qatar detected 608 new coronavirus cases and four COVID19 deaths in 24 hours, raising the total number of active cases in the country to 5,308 and the virus-related death toll 138, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.

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Meanwhile, 1,204 people recovered from the coronavirus,which brings the total number of recoveries in Qatar to 96,107.

Eight people were admitted into the ICU on Wednesday. The total number of people in ICU facilities is 154.

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