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Death toll reaches 35,964, with 113 casualities in COVID-19 patients in past 24 hours

September 23, 2021

As many as 113 casualties - 58 male and 55 female - of patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus were reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll reaching 35,964, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Thursday. One of the causalities was registered in a patient infected abroad and reported to the Calarasi Public Health Directorate (DSP). Of the 113 deaths, one was registered in the 20-29 age category, 4 casualties in the 30-39 category,...

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