This is the highest daily count of COVID-19 infections in three and a half months.
The same day, there were 8,877 patients declared free of the virus, taking the total number of recoveries to 10,049,215.
There is no coronavirus-related death recorded over the last 24 hours, according to the ministry.
The nation has administered 252,768,208 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 670,809 doses from Wednesday./.