According to the Ministry of Health, as of 11:00 on 8 October, a total of 269,874 cases of coronavirus disease were confirmed, of which 246,659 recovered and 5,499 died. 16,490 patients are currently receiving coronavirus treatment. A total of 1,789,088 tests were performed.

Thus, 8,576 tests were performed yesterday, from which 1,202 new cases of coronavirus disease were confirmed. We have 400 recovered and 33 deaths.

The previous day, 1 case of death was registered, when the patient had a coronavirus infection, but died due to another disease. The total number of such cases is 1226.