The new cases brought the country’s total number of infections to 11,508,689.
Meanwhile, 70 patients were declared to be free from the disease on the same day, lifting the total number of recoveries to 10,605,937.
The death toll was kept at 43,166, accounting for 0.4% of the total infections.
More than 262.63 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the country so far.
