sector and ministry of health to stem the pandemic in oman on 5 april. a total of omr 2 million of this was contributed to the fund set up by the supreme committee. meanwhile, the directorate general of health services in dhofar set up a hotline to receive people's concern about covid-19 and give them necessary health instructions. on 8 april, the supreme committee decided to enforce lockdown in muscat from 10 april until 22 april through the activation of control checkpoints. this was later extended until 8 may. to get as many people as possible tested, the government announced that no legal action would be taken against expats who had outstayed their visas or whose resident permits had expired on 9 april. furthermore, it was declared by the sultan that all tests and treatments are absolutely free for all communities of oman, including foreigners. the salalah medical supplies manufacturing (smsm) announced on 11 april that it had increased its production capacity to meet the increasing demand for face masks, gloves and other medical supplies in oman. ceo of the firm stated that two million gloves and 100,000 face masks per day would be produced for both private and public health sectors. by mid-april, more than 15,000 covid-19 tests were carried out in the worst-affected district of muttrah, and 6 testing centers were opened there to increase testing. on 16 april, the commercial market area adjoining the main hospital in the wilayat (province) of jalan bani bu ali in ash sharqiyah south governorate was locked down until further notice after 12 community transmission cases were confirmed. the ministry of health procured 1 million hydroxychloroquine pills from india on 20 april. although there have been no confirmed cases in al wusta governorate yet, four locations in total containing 1,000 beds were prepared for institutional isolation and medical care purposes related to covid-19 in the main province of duqm by late april. the dhofar municipality cancelled the popular salalah tourism festival for the year 2020 to prevent the outbreak further on 20 april. a temporary test centre was opened in muscat for expatriates only on 22 april. the royal hospital launched a virtual clinic service the same day to enable the patients to communicate with doctors remotely by a phone call to get an assessment for their condition and getting a treatment plan. a statement issued by the government communication center (gc) on 28 april stated that a total of 27 institutional isolation centres had been set up across the country. 8 of these were for suspected cases, 9 for uninfected individuals and 10 were allocated for confirmed covid-19 patients. may — july 2020 the al wadi al kabir industrial area in the governorate of muscat was closed until further notice on 4 may. on 5 may, the supreme committee extended the ongoing lockdown in muscat from its scheduled end on 8 may to 29 may. the upcoming eid-ul-fitr congregational prayers and celebrations in the country were banned by the supreme committee on 18 may. new directives were also issued which made wearing of face mask mandatory in public, while some businesses were allowed to resume operations provided these adhered to preventive measures apart from those in muttrah and al wadi al kabir industrial area. a press conference held by the supreme committee on 21 may outlined a number of fines to be issued for violators of multiple guidelines issued so far. all the amount collected from fines was reserved for the national fund to fight the pandemic in the country. violators of guidelines would also be imprisoned for 48 hours. the committee stated that imprisonment for up to six months, fines and deportations sentences had also been issued for some violators. it was also announced that a total of omr 28.4 million had been collected in the fund so far. fines to be issued for violations amount (omr) non-compliance with the closure of shops which the committee has decided to close.omr 3,000 organisers of prohibited gatherings, including eid gatherings, weddings, funerals, congregations at the places of worship, and other types of gatherings.omr 1,500 refraining from wearing or damage of the tracking bracelet.omr 300 refraining from taking the coronavirus tests.omr 200 violating home and institutional quarantines.omr 200 attendees of prohibited gatherings.omr 100 refraining from wearing masks while in public.omr 20 a total of 34 expatriates were arrested in al ansab in the muscat governorate on 22 may for playing cricket, as a ban had been placed on all gatherings including sports in public places since a couple of months ago by the supreme committee. oman marked its first day of eid-ul-fitr on 24 may and a ban had been issued on all eid gatherings including prayer congregations, despite this multiple expatriates organised and attended the prayers. as a result, as many as 40 were arrested for organising while another 136 were arrested for attending in the governorates of muscat and al dakhiliya. five new places in the country were placed under lockdown on 13 june, the governorate of dhofar, the wilayat of masirah, the wilayat of duqm and the areas of jebel akhdar and jebel shams until 3 july. as the cases continued to surge in the wilayat of seeb by mid june, the ministry of health opened a fourth testing center which received expatriates. on 2 july, the ministry of health announced that it would launch a national survey lasting 10 weeks for the entire population of the country to measure the prevalence of the pandemic. the survey would start on 12 july and would include collection of demographic data as well as blood sample to examine the antibodies produced by covid-19 patients. march 2021 in march 2021, oman imposed a curfew from march 28 until april 8 from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and an evening ban on all commercial activities imposed on march 1 will be extended. april 2021 in april 2021, during the holy month of ramadan, all gatherings were prohibited from 9 p.m. until 4 a.m. due to a night-time ban. flight suspensions the national carrier, oman air suspended its flights to multiple countries. on 9 march, all flights to and from milan, italy were stopped until further notice. on 12 march, flights between saudi arabia and the sultanate were cancelled until further notice. all flights were cancelled to bahrain and egypt starting 19 march until further notice. on 22 march, three new countries were added to the list, india until 28 march, nepal until 31 march and pakistan until 4 april. flights were also suspended to turkey from 25 march until 31 march. on 29 march, omani air effectively suspended all flights to and from the country until further notice as per decided by the supreme committee. the only exception to this was the domestic flights to and from musandam and its cargo services. oman reopened its airports on 1 october with mandatory testing and quarantine restrictions for incoming travelers in place. statistics updated daily according to the data provided on the website and the official twitter account of the ministry of health. cumulative number of cases, recoveries and deaths (monthly) cases per day deaths per day cases by governorates cases and deaths by population cases and deaths by gender timeline of cases, recoveries and deaths in oman covid-19 cases in oman () date confirmed cases deaths recoveries new total new total new total february 2020-02-24 2 2 2020-02-25 2 4 2020-02-27 2 6 2020-02-29 0 6 1 1 march 2020-03-02 0 6 1 2 2020-03-09 2 18 7 9 2020-03-16 2 24 0 9 2020-03-23 11 66 3 16 april 2020-04-01 18 210 1 1 0 34 2020-04-07 40 371 0 2 6 67 2020-04-14 86 813 0 4 6 130 2020-04-21 98 1,508 1 8 0 238 2020-04-27 51 2,049 0 10 31 364 may 2020-05-01 99 2,447 0 11 0 495 2020-05-08 154 3,112 1 16 65 1,025 2020-05-15 284 4,625 2 20 47 1,350 2020-05-22 424 6,794 4 34 0 1,821 2020-05-29 811 9,820 1 41 219 2,396 june 2020-06-01 786 12,223 1 50 0 2,682 2020-06-08 604 17,486 6 81 342 3,793 2020-06-15 1,043 24,524 4 108 1,079 9,533 2020-06-22 1,605 31,076 6 137 856 16,408 2020-06-29 910 39,060 6 169 1,222 22,422 july 2020-07-01 1,124 41,194 9 185 737 24,162 2020-07-08 1,210 50,207 9 233 1,005 32,005 2020-07-15 1,679 61,247 8 281 1,051 39,038 2020-07-22 1,660 71,547 12 349 1,314 47,922 2020-07-28 846 77,904 9 402 1,559 58,587 august 2020-08-05 1,127 80,286 67 488 8,386 69,803 2020-08-12 229 82,299 6 539 352 77,072 2020-08-19 188 83,606 6 603 211 78,188 2020-08-26 166 84,818 4 646 262 79,409 september 2020-09-01 206 85,928 4 689 214 81,024 2020-09-08 261 87,590 8 742 168 82,973 2020-09-15 438 90,660 7 797 185 84,113 2020-09-22 660 94,711 12 865 414 86,195 2020-09-28 607 98,057 15 924 433 88,234 total 98,057 924 88,234 confirmed cases deaths recoveries sources: ministry of health and the live tracker