The country registered 78 more Covid-19 fatalities and 21,678 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning.
This compared with the 81 coronavirus-related fatalities and 24,635 new cases reported on Monday morning.
There were 21,614 local cases and 64 imported ones.
On Monday, 27,183 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus while 245,154 others were receiving treatment (down from 250,737 on the previous day).
Since…