ISTANBUL

Three Arab countries reported an increase in coronavirus cases on Saturday.

Kuwait’s Health Ministry said 278 new cases were confirmed in the country over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 2,892.

Four more fatalities brought the death toll to 19, while recoveries stand at 656, the ministry said.

Oman’s case count reached 1,905 after 115 more people tested positive for COVID-19.

Ten patients have died and 329 have recovered in the country so far, according to the Health Ministry.

In Lebanon, the number of cases is 704, the death toll stands at 24, and 104 COVID-19 patients

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