Covid-19: 2,187 infections; 16 die in 24hrs

The death toll climbed to 8,624. After 16 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Thursday, according to data released by the government.

The country also logged more than 564,000 coronavirus cases with 2,187 people have tested positive over the same period.

With this development, the number of all confirmed cases so far jumped to 564,939.

Another 1,534 people recovered from COVID-19 through treatment at home and in-hospital care in the same period, bringing the tally of recoveries to 517,523.

Globally, over 121.24 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 2.68 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.