His Excellency Ahmed Bin Mohammad Al Saidi, Minister of Health, has explained the reason for the recent increase in cases of COVID-19 recently in Oman.

Minister of Health: We expect the number of Covid19 cases to increase in the coming days.
We urge everyone to adhere to the guidelines for preventing # Coronavirus, especially wearing masks and washing hands with soap and water
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The Minister also predicted that: “We expect an increase in cases in the coming days.”

However, he did point out that: "2,400 total number of recovered cases in the Sultanate from COVID-19.”

This follows an increase of cases where Oman had 811 cases on Friday 29th May.