With these new cases, the total number of infections since the pandemic broke out rose to 11,483,529.
Also on October 5, 858 patients were declared to free from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, lifting the total number of recoveries to 10,594,844.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the disease was still kept at 43,151, accounting for 0.4% of the total infections, as no fatality was logged on the day.
More than 260.23 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the country so far.
