Bahrain delayed on Wednesday the planned resumption of Friday prayers on June 5 following an increase in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths.
The National Medical Taskforce to combat COVID-19 agreed to postpone re-opening the mosques following the spike in infections resulting from large public gatherings during Eid al-Fitr.
Dr. Walid Khalifa al-Mana, undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, affirmed that the Kingdom is handling the pandemic based on reasonable plans that fit every stage.
The government and medical cadres didn’t hesitate in taking required measures to maintain everyone’s safety, he added.
Bahrain recorded 263 new cases and 3 recoveries, bringing the total to 12,431 infections.
Kuwait further reported 710 new cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 29,359 and the death toll to 230.
The Health Ministry said in a statement that 13,379 patients are receiving treatment, including 191 in ICU.
For its part, the Omani Ministry of Health announced 738 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 13,538.
The total recovered cases reached 2,845. Eight new deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 67.
In Qatar, the Ministry of Public Health announced 1,901 new confirmed cases, with 1,506 people having recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovered people in the country to 37,542.
The Ministry also announced two virus-related deaths.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases recorded in Qatar now stands at 62,160, among them 24,573 active cases under treatment. So far, 45 people have died from the coronavirus in Qatar.
