Five new COVID-19 cases

Five new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded yesterday by the Ministry of Public Health.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 278, inclusive of 15 deaths.

The new cases were confirmed via the COVID-19 dashboard that was uploaded on the Ministry of Public Health’s Facebook page.

The dashboard showed that 142 persons are now in isolation, 19 persons are now in institutional quarantine.

While 121 persons have recovered from the disease thus far, ten persons remain in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU). An additional 83 tests were carried out.