SKOPJE, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19-related deaths in North Macedonia surpassed 9,000 on Sunday, with the Health Ministry reporting seven fatalities in the last 24 hours.
According to the country's Public Health Institute, medical staff have conducted 2,560 tests in the past 24 hours, of which 378 came back positive.
Seven patients diagnosed with coronavirus lost their lives in the same period, raising the number of fatalities in the country to 9,001 since the beginning of the pandemic.
On Sunday, the total tally of confirmed coronavirus cases in North Macedonia reached 297,081, with 283,908 recoveries.
Meanwhile, the country has a total of 4,172 active cases nationwide.
North Macedonia started random COVID-19 testing across the country on Feb. 14, aiming to determine the percentage of immunization of the population to coronavirus.
To date, over 1.8 million vaccine doses against COVID-19 have been administered in the country, the Health Ministry reports. However, the number of new infections remains high. ■