The Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday 319 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 2,132 samples tested in the last 24 hours.

The ministry also reported 28 deaths and 559 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period. The data shows that there is a decrease in the number of new cases and daily deaths from COVID-19.

Data by the ministry shows that the total number of cases is 147,473 and total deaths stand at 6,736. 

The ministry said the positivity rate for COVID-19 is 19.99%.

According to Johns Hopkins University, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world stands at 197,462,343 and total deaths are at 4,211,491.