COVID-19: Oman registers 55 new coronavirus cases, tally at 2,958

Cairo: Oman Thursday confirmed 55 further cases of the new coronavirus, taking to 2,958 the country's total infections including 13 deaths, the Omani news agency ONA reported.

The newly diagnosed cases are 15 Omanis and 40 foreigners, the Health Ministry said, without giving a breakdown of foreign patients’ nationalities.

The overall number of recoveries in Oman has climbed to 980, ONA said.

Meanwhile, Omani Health Minister Ahmad Al Saidi warned that the virus is still swiftly spreading and that related critical cases as well as fatalities are on the rise. "It has been noticed in the month of Ramadan in many governorates unjustified gatherings and moving out," the minister said, according to ONA. He also cited non-abidance by social distancing rules.