Coronavirus cases rise after weekend, but below last week’s record

Monday saw 8,076 people test positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. While this is the highest amount of cases ever recorded on a Monday in the country, it is also 3,000 cases fewer than were recorded last Friday. Ministry of Health Statistics show that 46 people died on Monday as a result of contracting the virus.

Currently there are more than 105,000 people in the country who have COVID-19, although the majority of the infected have little or no symptoms. Experts predict that around 3 to 4 percent of this number will require hospitalisation, one fifth of which will be in serious condition.