DOHA: The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday recorded a big drop in coronavirus cases. The Ministry reported 168 new cases of coronavirus with 179 people recovering from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing to 115,430 the total number of people recovered in Qatar.
The Ministry also reported the death of an 87-year-old person from the virus. Of the reported new cases, nine are from people travelling back to Qatar. All new cases have been placed in isolation and receiving necessary treatment according to their health status.
The total number of positive Covid-19 cases recorded in Qatar is 118,575 with 2,948 active cases under treatment. So far, 197 people have died from coronavirus in Qatar.
The Ministry conducted 4,481 tests in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 624,609 done so far. There have been 33 cases of hospital admissions in the last 24 hours. Three patients were admitted to intensive care due to health complications resulting from infection with the virus, bringing to 66 the total number of cases receiving treatment in intensive care.