Coronavirus: 310 new cases announced on Friday

The health ministry on Friday announced  310 new cases of coronavirus confirmed through PCR testing of which 94 were people who tested positive with rapid testing in previous days.

In total 12,895 tests were done, roughly half of which were PCR and the other half rapid tests.

From the 6,311 new rapid tests, 78 people were found positive. Their results must now be confirmed with PCR.

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