Albania's daily coronavirus infections drop below 150 for first time since October

Source: Xinhua| 2021-04-13 05:23:49|Editor: huaxia
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TIRANA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The number of daily coronavirus cases in Albania dropped below 150 on Monday for the first time since early October last year, as the Health Ministry reported 125 new infections over the past 24 hours.

On Monday, the total tally of confirmed coronavirus cases in Albania reached 128,518. Meanwhile, four new deaths brought the total number of fatalities to 2,321.

The total number of recoveries in Albania rose to 98,269 after 546 citizens recovered in the past 24 hours.

As the world is struggling to contain the pandemic, vaccination is underway in an increasing number of countries with already-authorized coronavirus vaccines. In Albania, 259,217 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered since the start of the vaccination campaign, according to the Health Ministry.

Meanwhile, 273 candidate vaccines are still being developed worldwide -- 87 of them in clinical trials -- in countries including Germany, China, Russia, Britain, and the United States, according to information released by the World Health Organization on April 9. Enditem

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