A man wearing a face mask is seen in Tunis, Tunisia, April 22, 2021. Tunisian Health Ministry on Thursday announced that the death toll from COVID-19 rose by 70 to 10,063. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)
TUNIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Health Ministry on Thursday announced that the death toll from COVID-19 rose by 70 to 10,063.
According to a ministry statement, 2,305 new COVID-19 cases were detected, raising the total number of infections in the country to 294,138.
The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the North African country reached 2,630, including 498 in intensive care units, while the total number of recoveries reached 244,517, it said.
A total of 1,257,117 lab tests have been carried out in Tunisia so far, said the ministry.
Since the start of the national vaccination campaign against the coronavirus on March 13, a total of 265,365 Tunisians have received the vaccines, according to the latest figures published by the ministry. Enditem
