Qatar: 1 COVID-19 patient dies, 1,547 new cases recorded

Alanbatnews - The Qatari Ministry of Health said Saturday that 1,547 new cases of coronavirus were recorded and 242 recovered during the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 3,788. It also said one patient, a 74-year-old resident, died from the virus.

It said in a statement that 15 cases were admitted to intensive care due to health complications resulting from infection, bringing to 158 the total number of cases in intensive care.

The ministry said that the new infections were expatriate labourers who contracted the virus after coming into contact with individuals who were proved to have been infected previously, in addition to new cases that were detected among labourers in different parts of the country after they were tested by ministry epidemiological investigation teams.