The country registered 69 more Covid-19 fatalities, a new high of the new wave, and 18,943 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning.
This compared with the 65 coronavirus-related fatalities and 21,162 new cases reported on Monday morning.
There were 18,877 local cases and 66 imported ones.
On Monday, 25,005 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus while 224,328 others were at hospitals (down from 230,459 on the…