TUNIS, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Health Ministry on Tuesday reported 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 274,604.
The death toll from the virus rose by 64 to 9,396 in Tunisia, the ministry said in a statement.
The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the North African country reached 2,195, including 436 in intensive care units, while the total number of recoveries reached 228,267, it said.
A total of 1,191,995 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 166,093 Tunisians have received their first dose of the vaccine, according to the figures published by the ministry on Tuesday. Enditem
