The same day, there were additional 8,503 patients declared free of the virus, taking the total number of recoveries at 10,261,401.
The ministry also announced further four fatalities, bringing the nation's COVID-19 death toll to 43,126 or 0.4 percent of the national caseload.
The nation has administered 257,814,888 COVID-19 vaccine doses so far, an increase of 143,278 doses from Wednesday./.