Zero covid deaths for third time this week

There were no additional covid19-related deaths announced by the Ministry of Health in its daily update on Friday.

It was the third time for the week that no deaths were reported. This was the case on Tuesday and Wednesday. The total number of deaths as of Friday was 4,041.

The update also reported that there were 125 new cases. These cases were obtained from samples taken between Wednesday and Thursday. The number of active positive cases as of Friday was 6,119.

It was also reported that 715,115 people were fully vaccinated as of Friday afternoon, while 684,885 people received their first dose or no dose of a vaccine. The update noted that 166,994 booster doses were administered.

As of Friday afternoon there were 159,770 total recovered patients, with nine people being discharged from public health facilities and 121 recovered community cases.

Recovered community cases are people who previously tested positive for the virus and placed in self-isolation but later met the discharge criteria and were allowed to be released.

The updated also reported that there were 102 patients at the hospital, with 6,017 people in home self-isolation and no patients in step-down or transition facilities.