Another 3,234 patients recovered from the disease through treatment at home and in hospital care in the same period, bringing the total to 162,825.
The official figures put the recovery rate at 57.67 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.32 percent following the latest deaths of 35 men and 11 women.
A total of 14,630 samples were tested at 91 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 21.87 percent, according to government data.
Globally, over 21.90 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 774,299 have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
