He said that some 157,562 people have been confirmed infected with the virus so far.
The official added that some 3,117 people have been confirmed infected with COVID-19, some 541 of them have been hospitalized over the past 24 hours. They contracted the virus recently for being in contact with the infected people.
Some 123,077 of the COVID-19 patients have successfully recovered from the disease and have been discharged from hospital so far, the official said.
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