Kuwait cases climb by 553 to 94,764

Woman says caught virus twice

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 13, (Agencies): The number of coronavirus infections in Kuwait rose by 553 on Sunday to push the total count to 94,764, while a pair of fatalities upped the country’s death toll to 560, the health ministry said.

The figures include people who have had sustained contact with infected individuals and others whose source of infection is being investigated, according to ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad.

In terms of health zones, Hawally governorate recorded the lions share of cases with 148 infections, followed by Ahmadi (115), Capital (109), Farwaniya (100) and Al-Jahra (81), according to government figures.

The number of people hospitalized with the virus stands at 9,209, 94 of whom are in intensive care units, the data showed, revealing that 2,739 tests were conducted in the past day out of a total of 675,742.

Some 591 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours to raise the total to 84,995, added the spokesman.

Urging the public to be mindful of health precautions, he said following social distancing rules was the only way to ward off the infectious disease.

In light of the conflicting statements about the possibility of a second round of COVID-19 infection for those who were previously infected, a Kuwaiti woman affirmed that she has contracted COVID-19 infection twice, reports AlNahar daily.

In a post on her Twitter account, Lawyer Sana Al-Shammari inquired about the extent to which the symptoms of the COVID-19 infection could persist for more than three months.

She denounced the impossibility of recurring infection under the claim that a patient can acquire immunity against the virus, as it was proven that she was infected for the second time more than two and a half months after the first infection in June.

Lawyer Al-Shammari asked the Minister of Health about the possibility of renewed infection with the virus or the re-emergence of its symptoms in the infected person for several months, after confirming that she did not get back her sense of taste and smell after losing it from the date of her first COVID-19 test on June 28.