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Kuwait reports first death from coronavirus outbreak: state news agency

Reuters | Posted: April 4, 2020, 10:55 a.m. | Updated: April 4, 2020, 9:52 a.m. | 1 Min Read

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DUBAI (Reuters) - 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.

(Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Frances Kerry)

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