The Healthcare Ministry informed that nine patients died of coronavirus infection over the past day. The patients were aged between 59 and 87. Additional seven patients, whose deaths occurred since late November, but were not reported as they happened, were added to the total death toll, which now stands at 7,674.

The Ministry also informed that 375 people were newly diagnosed with the illness. This number of cases was found among 2,744 tests that were conducted in the past day. The total number of active cases is estimated at 5,627.