Kuwait registered on Tuesday four new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 69.
A health ministry spokesman said one of the patients had recently traveled to Iran.
Another, an Egyptian, had contracted the disease from other patients.
The two other patients, Kuwaitis, had returned to the country from Egypt.
Two patients have so far recovered from the virus in Kuwait.
Kuwait said it would close all cinemas, theaters, wedding halls and hotel meeting rooms until further notice. It also extended a temporary school closure by two weeks until March 26.
