8,008 new Covid cases, 16 more deaths

The country registered 16 more Covid-19 fatalities and 8,008 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Monday morning.

This compared with the 12 coronavirus-related fatalities and 8,444 new cases reported on Sunday morning.

There were 7,842 local cases and 166 imported ones.

On Sunday, 8,215 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.

Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 2,440,542 Covid-19 cases, including 217,107 cases this year, with 2,334,050 complete recoveries to date.

The accumulated death toll stood at 22,173 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 475 so far this year.

The highest number of Covid-related fatalities in a 24-hour period was 312 recorded on Aug 13. The highest number of cases was 23,418 on Aug 18.