Active COVID-19 cases continue to climb as new infections outstrip recoveries in Qatar
Dec 31, 2020
Doha
Qatar on Thursday recorded 213 new COVID-19 cases — 166 from within the community and 47 among travellers returning from abroad.
The Ministry of Public Health also reported 122 recoveries. With this, the active cases in Qatar increased to 2,167 while the total recoveries jumped to 141,422.
No new deaths linked to the virus were recorded in the last 24 hours, leaving the death toll so far at 245.
Current COVID-19 Status
Measures to tackle COVID-19 in Qatar have succeeded in flattening the curve and limiting the spread of the virus and the number of new daily cases and hospital admissions is continuing to decline each week.