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A view of a port in Muscat. The ministry did not report new deaths, keeping COVID-19 fatalities at 17 in Oman. Image Credit: Supplied

Cairo: Oman's Health Ministry Sunday confirmed 175 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing to 3,399 the country's overall infections.

The newly diagnosed cases are 52 Omanis and 123 foreigners, the Health Ministry said without giving a breakdown of foreign patients’ nationalities.

The ministry did not report new deaths, keeping COVID-19 fatalities at 17 in Oman.

The overall number of recoveries in the country has risen to 1,117, the Omani news agency ONA reported, citing an update from the ministry.