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Kuwaiti boys wearing protective face masks and quarantine tracking bracelets, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), pose for the camera as they hold up their passports upon arrival from Amman, to Kuwait Airport in Kuwait. (Reuters)
Kuwaiti boys wearing protective face masks and quarantine tracking bracelets, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), pose for the camera as they hold up their passports upon arrival from Amman, to Kuwait Airport in Kuwait. (File photo: Reuters)

Coronavirus: Nearly 600 new cases in Kuwait, two new deaths

Lauren Holtmeier, Al Arabiya English
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Kuwait reported on Monday 582 new coronavirus cases and two new deaths, raising the total confirmed case count to 45,524 and the total number of virus-related deaths to 350, the Ministry of Health said.

Of the new cases 319 were detected in Kuwaitis, and 263 cases were found in non-Kuwaitis. There are 8,862 active cases in the country.

Kuwait began reducing its nationwide curfew hours, and the lockdown will now be in place from 7 p.m. local time and last until 5 a.m. each day.

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