Qatar reports 776 new coronavirus cases

Dubai: Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has confirmed another 776 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 14,872, Qatar News Agency reported Saturday.

The ministry also revealed that 98 more people have recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of recoverie to 1,534. No fatalities were reported today, keeping the death toll at 12.

The ministry said most of the new cases are expatriate workers who were infected with the virus as a result of contact with previously infected individuals.

The remainder of cases are citizens and residents who contracted the virus from members of their families, who in turn had got the virus through their workplaces or other places where they got exposed to infected people.

All the new infected cases have been quarantined and are receiving the necessary medical care.

The ministry stated that the number of infected cases is expected to fluctuate during the current period.