Nearly 100 new virus cases recorded in last day

The number of coronavirus cases has jumped to 17,169, representing 98 new cases over the last day.

The tally comes after numbers had dipped, following two days over the weekend with triple digit numbers. The number of active cases is up to 2,006 after dropping below 2,000 last week.

No new deaths are recorded, and the number of people on ventilators drops to 29. The number of serious cases is down to 31.

Testing numbers are only slightly up according to an initial tally, which shows the infection rate down slightly to 1.2 percent of the approximately 5,600 tested cases.

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