Over 6,000 cases of diabetes reported in Oman last year

Muscat: Over 6,000 new cases of diabetes have been reported in 2019, the National Centre of Statistics and Information (NCSI) announced.

According to the NCSI, among the cases, 6,115 are Omanis and 315 are expats.

The NCSI said in the report, most of the cases were recorded in North Al Batinah governorate with 22 per cent while Musandam governorate recorded the least number of diabetes cases with 0.8 per cent.