The Health Ministry on Wednesday reported two more COVID-19 deaths along with 81 new cases of the virus.
In a statement, the ministry confirmed the deaths of an 83-year-old man from Region One and an 80-year-old woman from Region Four, who both died on Monday. The man was fully vaccinated while the woman was unvaccinated.
With the new deaths, the first two recorded for the month, the country’s total number of deaths from the pandemic increased to 928.
Meanwhile, the ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard showed that the new infections were confirmed from 1,172 tests that were done. New cases were recorded in all regions save for Region Nine.
The dashboard also showed 2,512 active cases and 18 patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit.
