The country thus totals 943,038 diagnosed since the beginning of the pandemic on March 11, 2020, and 8,153 deaths, according to national head of epidemiology of the Health Ministry, Francisco Durán, during his usual morning television appearance.

29,198 people remain admitted, of them 11,341 suspects to the Covid-19; 1,819 in epidemiological surveillance and 6,038 with the active virus, 354 less than the previous day, a number that has been decreasing for almost a month.

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