COVID-19: 1,132 new cases registered in Oman, total now 36,034

Merge 104.8  |  26 June 2020

Oman’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced the registration of 1,132 new cases of COVID-19 novel coronavirus in the Sultanate.

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In a statement issued online today [Friday, June 26], the MoH has confirmed that the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 36,034.

Of the 1,132 new cases announced today, 639 are among Omani citizens and 493 are among non-Omani residents. The number of new COVID-19 recoveries announced today is 962, bringing the total number of patients in the Sultanate who are now coronavirus-free to 19,482.

The MoH has also confirmed that the number of COVID-19 fatalities now stands at 153, while the number of coronavirus patients hospitalized in Oman has risen to 426, with 105 in ICU.

A total of 4,013 COVID-19 tests have been carried out in the country in the last 24 hours.

(Also read: COVID-19: Lockdown to be lifted in Hamriya, Wadi Kabir Industrial Area on June 28.)