The death of two women and 5,172 new infections, out of a total of 82,488 diagnostic tests, the Health Ministry announced on Saturday, bringing the total number of deaths and infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 927 and 405,706 respectively. The overall positivity rate fell to 6.27% from 7.27% yesterday.
Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Health, the total number of patients hospitalized with coronavirus increased to 169 from 151 yesterday, while the number of those hospitalized in serious condition rose to 21. Of the patients hospitalized in a serious condition, 6 are intubated and 15 are hospitalized in an ICU.
The percentage of hospitalized patients without a history of vaccination is 52.08%, while 22 patients who have ceased to be infectious continue to be hospitalized intubated due to COVID in an ICU.
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