DUBAI: Kuwait recorded on Saturday its first death from the coronavirus outbreak, state news agency KUNA reported, citing a health ministry spokesman.

The total number of people diagnosed with the disease increased by 62 in the past 24 hours to 479 cases, he said, according to KUNA.

Kuwaiti Minister of Health Sheikh Dr. Basel Al-Sabah had said on Saturday that 11 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have recovered, raising the country’s total recoveries to 93.

The minister said lab tests and analyses had shown the recovery of the patients as they will be admitted to a rehabilitation ward before being discharged from hospital, KUNA reported.