Nine more COVID-19 patients succumbed to the disease on Thursday, the Ministry of Health announced. 

‘Thursday’s deaths brings the total number of fatalities, due to the novel coronavirus, to 290,’ MoH said in a statement. 

MoH calls upon all to adhere to the isolation procedures by staying in an isolated room with an attached toilet and serving the isolated person from outside the room as instructed. It said that social distancing also helps curb the spread of the virus.