The country registered 26,840 more Covid-19 cases and 97 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Sunday morning.
This compared with the 96 coronavirus-related fatalities and 28,029 new cases reported on Saturday morning.
There were 26,800 local cases and 40 imported cases.
On Saturday, 23,412 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.
Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been…