Kuwait, May 31, 2020, SPA -- The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health on Sunday announced 851 new infections of the coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the total to 27,043, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported. Seven deaths from Covid-19 took the death toll to 212, said the Ministry's Spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad in his daily press briefing. Currently, there are 200 patients receiving medical care at intensive care wards, Dr. Al-Sanad revealed. Meanwhile, the health authorities conducted 3,349 swabs, in past 24 hours, raising whole count of such tests to 293,362, Dr. Al-Sanad added. Earlier, Health Minister Dr. Basel Al-Sabah announced the recovery of 1,230 people from the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the tally to 11,386. --SPA 15:46 LOCAL TIME 12:46 GMT 0015 www.spa.gov.sa/w1340421