22,073 new Covid cases, 69 more deaths
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9 Mar 2022 at 07:50
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The country registered 69 more Covid-19 fatalities and 22,073 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Wednesday morning.
This compared with the 69 coronavirus-related fatalities and 18,943 new cases reported on Tuesday morning.
There were 21,981 local cases and 92 imported ones.
On Tuesday, 24,747 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus while 221,585 others were at hospitals (down from 224,328 on the previous day).
Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 3,088,873 Covid-19 cases, including 865,438 this year, with 2,843,850 complete recoveries to date.
The accumulated death toll stood at 23,438 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 1,740 so far this year.
The highest number of Covid-related fatalities in a 24-hour period was 312 recorded on Aug 13, 2021. The highest number of cases was 25,615 on Feb 26.
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