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Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Belarus exceeds 215,000

12 January 2021 20:45 (UTC +04:00)

As many as 1,731 more novel coronavirus cases were confirmed in Belarus in the past day, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 215,000, the health ministry reported on Tuesday, APA reports citing TASS.

"As many as 215,724 people, or 2.25% of the country’ population, have tested positive for COVID-19," it said, adding that the daily tally was 1,731.

"A total of 1,535 coronavirus patients with a number of chronic diseases have died since the epidemic outbreak," it said, adding that nine such deaths were reported during the past day. According to the latest update, as many as 197,851 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease, including 1,567 during the day. A total of 4,144,027 tests for the novel coronavirus have been conducted in the country since the epidemic outbreak, including 4,909 during the past day.