The Health Ministry says 776 new cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed yesterday and 513 so far today, indicating the drop in daily new cases has leveled out since the government began rolling back the lockdown restrictions.
In its evening update, the ministry says there are 9,890 active cases, of which 393 are serious, with 171 on ventilators. The death toll is 2,592, 12 more than the number given in this morning’s roundup.
Testing levels continue to be relatively low, with 34,208 tests conducted yesterday and 24,252 so far today, despite a ministry campaign to encourage widespread testing. The positivity rate appears to be steady at just over two percent — 2.3% yesterday and 2.1% so far today.
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