Viral infection has now spread to nine Middle Eastern countries, with more than 79,000 cases worldwide.
Kuwait, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Iraq and Oman on Monday reported their first infections from the new coronavirus, which has killed more than 2,600 globally, the vast majority in China.
Kuwait reported three cases, Oman two and Bahrain and Iraq each , where authorities reported 61 coronavirus infections and 12 deaths.
The death toll nationwide on Monday had climbed to 2,595 among 77,262 confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization.
South Korea's cases continued to balloon, reaching 833 with seven confirmed deaths.
And in Italy, seven deaths have been reported in the country's north and the number of confirmed cases has risen to 229, prompting emergency measures in a number of Europeam countries
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