288 novel coronavirus pneumonia cases were confirmed in Qatar, 115368 cases were confirmed.

Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health announced on the afternoon of August 17 that in the past 24 hours, a total of 4697 new coronavirus cases were tested in Qatar, 288 cases were newly diagnosed, and the total number of confirmed cases was 115368. There was no new death case on the same day, and 193 cases died in the whole country. There were 294 cured cases in Qatar on the same day, with a total of 112088 cases cured. At present, 3087 people are still under treatment, of which 454 are hospitalized and 69 are in intensive care units. Qatar has tested 555970 new coronavirus cases, more than one fifth of the total number of people tested. During the peak period of the epidemic in Qatar, the number of newly diagnosed cases per day was more than 1500. Since the middle of June, the epidemic situation in Qatar has gradually improved. However, the epidemic situation has rebounded slightly in recent days. The newly confirmed cases in Qatar at the beginning of August dropped to less than 200 cases, but then rebounded, and the daily number of new cases rose. (head office reporter Zhang Yuchen)