Oman Announces 1,072 New Virus Cases

Gulf

July 5th, 3:40pm

Asharq Al-Awsat

Indian nationals residing in Oman, wearing face masks due to the coronavirus pandemic, queue with their luggage at the check-in counter at a terminal in Muscat International Airport ahead of their repatriation flight from the Omani capital, on May 12, 2020. (Photo by MOHAMMED MAHJOUB / AFP)

Oman's Ministry of Health announced on Sunday 1,072 new coronavirus cases, bringing the tally in the Sultanate to 46,178. Among the new cases, 799 are Omani nationals while the rest are foreigners. The Ministry said that the country had also registered 213 deaths from the COVID-19 disease. So far 27,917 patients have recovered from the virus in Oman, it added.

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