“As of 9am 8 May, there have been 1,631,561 tests, with 97,029 tests on 7 May. 1,207,069 people have been tested of which 211,364 tested positive. As of 5pm on 7 May, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 31,241 have sadly died,” the Department tweeted on Wednesday.

There are 1,559 patients who are being treated at intensive care units at the moment.

According to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics, coronavirus pandemic has so far claimed the lives of at least 273,823 people across the world. (ILKHA)