8,450 new Covid cases, 28 more deaths

The country registered 28 more Covid-19 fatalities and 8,450 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.

This compared with the 22 coronavirus-related fatalities and 8,078 new cases reported on Thursday morning.

There were 8,239 local cases and 211 imported ones.

On Thursday, 7,484 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.

Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 2,415,472 Covid-19 cases, including 192,037 cases this year, with 2,309,648 complete recoveries to date.

The accumulated death toll stood at 22,126 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 428 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.