"During the past 24 hours, 370 suspected cases were tested, out of which 62 cases were tested coronavirus positive in eight provinces of the country's 34 provinces," the ministry said in a statement.

Two COVID-19 patients succumbed to the virus, taking the number of people who lost their lives to 1,469 since the outbreak of the pandemic in February.

The number of people recovered stood at 33,045 after 68 patients recovered during the period.

The ministry has conducted 113,020 tests since February, according to the statistics of the ministry. 

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