MINSK, 19 August (BelTA) – Belarus confirmed 1,355 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours; another 1,408 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.
The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 465,210 cases. A total of 459,090 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.
As many as 3,649 COVID-19 patients have died since the infection outbreak in Belarus.
All in all, Belarus performed 7,603,034 tests, including 20,457 tests in the past 24 hours.
More than 1.52 million Belarusians have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Over 1.24 million of them have already got two shots.
