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Monday, May 4, 2020
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Monday, May 4, 2020
Only 38 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours — Health Ministry
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAnother 38 people have been found to be infected with the novel coronavirus over the previous 24 hours, bringing the national total of diagnosed cases to 16,246, the Health Ministry says.
Three people died during that period, raising the death toll to 235.
There are 5,947 sick with the COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, of whom 90 have serious symptoms and 70 are on ventilators. Another 60 have moderate symptoms and the rest are mild cases.
Of the 6,436 virus tests carried out over the past day, 0.7% percent returned positive.
So far, 10,064 people have recovered from the disease, the ministry says.
The previous 24-hour period saw only 23 new cases, the lowest daily figure for some six weeks.
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