The Ministry of Public Health reported today. 88 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) and 11 cases of recovery. Total number of positive casesQatar now stands at 781. The ministry said it had conducted 2,291 tests to detect the coronavirus today and 88 people were confirmed positive among them. The total number of Covid-19 tests done in Qatar now stands at 22,349.

The ministry stated that the noticeable increase in the number of new cases been discovered is due to the use of new and advanced laboratory techniques to detect the virus, which can conduct testing on a large number of samples per day and contributes to faster detection of infected cases and thus help reduce the spread of the virus.The increase is also due to the recent increase in the number of Qataris returning from abroad to Qatar.

The Ministry also stated that with the registration of 11 new recoveries, the total number of recovered cases in Qatar reached 62.The Ministry also announced the death of a 58 years old resident who was suffering from chronic diseases - the second recorded death from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Qatar. The Ministry extended condolences to the family of the deceased.