COVID-19: Cases continue to rise across Oman’s interiors

Merge 104.8  |  15 June 2020

With total numbers of COVID-19 cases in Oman currently standing at 23,481, cases are on the rise across the Sultanate’s interiors.

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While the capital region of Muscat has recorded the vast majority out of all governorates with a total of 17,405 confirmed cases as of yesterday [Sunday, June 14], the remaining 6,076 cases are spread across governorates in the following breakdown.

As per inferences from the latest data on the Tarassud Plus app — Oman’s intuitive mobile app that tracks COVID-19 cases in the country per governorate and by Wilayat, the governorates of North and South Al Batinah have now crossed 1,500 cases each, with North Al Batinah recording a total of 1,508 cases as of Sunday [June 14], and South Al Batinah 1,502 cases.

Following these with the next highest number of total cases is Al Dhakiliyah with 862 total cases, Al Wusta Governorate with 759, South Ash Sharqiyah with 507, and North Ash Sharqiyah with 324.

The governorates that currently have the lowest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases are Al Buraimi with a total of 242, Al Dhahirah with 199 total cases, Dhofar with 163 total cases, and Musandam with 10 cases in total.

(Also read: COVID-19: Cases in Seeb surpass Muttrah at 5,677, total in Muscat reaches 17,405.)