In the past 24 hours there have been 715 new Covid-19 cases and 33 related fatalities, the national Covid-19 response team said on Friday.

There are 4,653 active cases in the country, of whom 1,855 are people who are hospitalised, including 160 on ventilators.

Since 25 February, when the first case of the infection was reported, there have been 223,812 infections, including 4,550 fatalities. A total of 214,609 people have recovered from the disease, including 1,239 in the past 24 hours.

Currently 18,048 people are in self-isolation.

A total of 1,107,887 people have been tested for coronavirus, with 5,335 tests conducted in the past 24 hours, the response team reported.