Merge 104.8 | 18 June 2020
As Oman records 739 new COVID-19 cases today [Thursday, June 18], 548 of them have been registered in Muscat Governorate.
With the total number of coronavirus cases in the country now standing at 26,818, the number of cases in the capital has now reached 19,408.
As of today, the Wilayat of Seeb now has 6,511 total cases, followed by the Wilayats of Muttrah with 6,062 cases, Bausher with 5,177, and Al Amerat with 1,000.
Authorities at the MoH have confirmed that COVID-19 recoveries in the Sultanate have risen to 13,264, with 1,467 new recoveries announced today clocking in at almost double the amount of new cases. Three new fatalities have also brought the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the Sultanate to 119.
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 full breakdown of cases in Muscat Governorate from today [Thursday, June 18] are as follows:
Wilayat of Seeb
6,511 confirmed cases
3,736 sick
2,740 recovered
35 deaths
Wilayat of Muttrah
6,062 confirmed cases
1,909 sick
4,120 recovered
33 deaths
Wilayat of Bausher
5,177 confirmed cases|
3,237 sick
1,925 recovered
15 deaths
Wilayat of Al Amerat
1,000 confirmed cases
577 sick
419 recovered
4 deaths
Wilayat of Muscat
471 confirmed cases
188 sick
280 recovered
3 deaths
Wilayat of Qurayyat
187 confirmed cases
127 sick
60 recovered
0 deaths
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