There were 297 Covid-19 fatalities and 18,417 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Wednesday morning.
The latest figures put the death toll at more than 10,000 since beginning of the pandemic early last year.
Of new cases, 18,271 were in the general population and 146 among prison inmates.
Over the past 24 hours, 21,186 Covid-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals.
Since April 1, around when the third wave began, there have been 1,073,505 Covid-19 patients, 875,589 of whom have recovered.
From the pandemic’s start early last year, there have been 1,102,368 Covid-19 cases, 903,015 of whom recovered.
The death toll was at 9,991 for the current third wave and 10,085 in total.
