The country registered 43 more Covid-19 fatalities and 20,420 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning.
The vast majority of the 20,420 new cases announced Tuesday were locally transmitted, with just 171 infections found in arrivals from other countries. Prisoners accounted for 66 of the domestic cases.
The 42 new fatalities were between the ages of 1 and 94 years old.
On Monday, 18,297 Covid-19 patients left hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.
Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 2,912,347 Covid-19 cases, including 688,912 cases this year, with 2,673,646 complete recoveries to date.
The death toll stood at 22,976 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 1,278 so far this year.
The highest number of Covid-related fatalities in a 24-hour period was 312 recorded on Aug 13, 2021. The previous highest number of cases was 25,615 on Feb 26.
