There were record 239 new Covid-19 deaths and 20,128 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Tuesday morning.
There were 19,856 cases in the general population and 272 in prisons.
Over the past 24 hours, 20,791 Covid-19 patients recovered and left hospitals.
Since April 1, around when the third wave of Covid-19 began, there have been 919,579 Covid-19 patients, 703,011 of whom have recovered.
Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 948,442 Covid-19 cases, 730,437 of whom recovered.
The death toll was at 7,879 the third wave and 7,973 from the beginning of the pandemic early last year.
