Dubai: Qatar reported 1,491 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, shooting up the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 30, 481, the Ministry of Public Health announced on Wednesday.
The ministry announced one more fatality today, taking the country’s death toll to 16, while the number recovered COVID-19 patients reached 966, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 6, 600.
The ministry said that 4, 255 people have been tested for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of tested people to 170, 437
Qatar has been stepping up its efforts to test more people, and has conducted more than 170, 000 coronavirus tests.