A total of 197 new cases of the coronavirus infection have been registered in the past 24 hours, four patients have died and the number of active cases now stands at 2,138, the national COVID-19 reponse team said on Sunday.

Of the total number of patients 281 are receiving hospital treatment, including 21 who are on ventilators.

Since February 25, when the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the country, 14,922 people have contracted the disease, of whom 248 have died while 12,536 have recovered, including 183 in the last 24 hours.

Currently 9,475 people are self-isolating.

A total of 258,864 people have been tested for the virus to date, including 4,384 in the last 24 hours.