Qatar’s COVID-19 tally surpassed 1,00,000 on Monday, the health ministry said, as the country presses ahead with plans to re-open its economy.
Almost 94,000 of those infected have recovered and 133 people have died, one of the lowest reported death rates globally, reports Arab News.
Qatar has a higher testing rate than many other countries, having screened 386,111 people — 14 percent of the population.
“Measures taken to tackle COVID-19 in Qatar have succeeded in flattening the curve and limiting the spread of the virus,” the ministry of public health said in a statement, adding there were a total of 546 new cases and five deaths in the last 24 hours.
Qatar has continued to reopen segments of its economy in recent weeks subject to strict social distancing measures as the average daily number of new cases has continued to fall.
In the past seven days there were an average of 748 new cases per day compared to 958 the week before, the report said.
Masks remain compulsory in public for those not exercising and private gatherings are limited to five people.
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