Ten deaths, 978 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on April 16

Doha: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) today reported 978 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) and 613 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered in Qatar to 172,598.

Out of 978 new cases, 772 are community cases and 206 from travellers returning from abroad. The ministry also announced ten deaths of people 39, 40, 47, 54, 57, 62, 64, 69, 75 and 76 years old, taking the total death toll as of today to 367. Seven of them had chronic diseases and all of them received necessary medical care, MoPH said.