The same day, 1,666patients were declared free of the virus, taking the total number of recoveries to 10,582,688.
Among the current positive cases, 128 patients are relying on oxygen support.
The ministry also announced further four fatalities, bringing the nation's COVID-19 death toll to 43,146 ca or 0.4 percent of the national patient tally.
The nation has administered 259,655,735 COVID-19 vaccine doses so far, an increase of 192,393 doses from Tuesday./.