By Tamara Abueish

DUBAI -- The number of coronavirus cases in Qatar jumped to 10,777 after 677 new infections were reported, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.

Sixty-eight people recovered from the virus in Qatar, raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 1,134.

So far, 10 people have died from coronavirus in Qatar.

Meanwhile, 88,607 people have been tested for the virus in the country so far.

The ministry said mopst of the new cases registered were due to expatriate workers in different occupations who have been in contact with previously discovered cases, as well as recording new cases of COVID-19 among groups of workers from outside the industrial area who were identified through testing.

“The remainder of new cases infected with the virus have come from citizens and residents who have contracted the virus from members of their families, who in turn had contracted the virus through their workplaces or other places where they had been to exposed to infected people. All the new infected cases have been quarantined where they are receiving the necessary medical care.” -- Al Arabiya English