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People in protective masks, following the coronavirus outbreak, ride the escalator at a supermarket to stock up on food in Salmiya, after Kuwait's government announced mandatory work leave for all people in Kuwait, March 11, 2020.
Kuwait announced 4,294 new COVID-19 cases and one related death on Monday.
The state news agency KUNA quoted the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health as saying that the new figures took the total cases to 583,113, and deaths to 2,511.
The ministry added that 5,022 patients have recovered from the virus over the past day, taking the number of recoveries to 527,904.
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