978 new coronavirus cases, 36 deaths reported in Oman

Muscat: As many as 978 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were registered in Oman during the past 3 days, in addition to 36 new Covid-19-related deaths.

This brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases to 296,835 in the Sultanate.

The total number of COVID-19-related death cases reached 3850, the Ministry of Health said.

The Ministry added that 1,697 new cases have recovered, bringing the total number to 279,892 recoveries.

The Ministry also pointed out that 39 cases were hospitalised over the past 24 hours, as the total number of current hospitalized Covid-19-infected patients stands at 550 of them 232 are in intensive care units (ICUs).