KUWAIT CITY -- A total of 3,349 swab tests were conducted in Kuwait during the last 24 hours and 851 new infections of the coronavirus were reported. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 27,043, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday.

The virus-related deaths in the country reached 212 after seven people died, according to the ministry.

The newly reported cases include 297 Kuwaitis, 165 Indians, 86 Bangladeshis, and 129 Egyptians and people of other nationalities.

The government last week announced that it would not be extending the 24-hour curfew beyond May 30.

A partial 12-hour curfew from the hours of 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. began on Sunday, and is the first phase of a plan designed for the gradual return to “normalcy.” -- Agencies