Covid-19 fatalities hit a new high, over 2,400 new infections

TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021
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The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday morning said that 2,473 people had tested positive for Covid-19 over a 24-hour period, 680 of them in prisons.

The death toll increased by 35, the highest on a single day since the outbreak, while 2,718 patients had been cured and discharged from hospitals.

Cumulative cases in the country rose to 113,555, while the death toll increased to 649.