The Health Ministry informed that over the past weekend, a total number of 2,689 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the country. Of the new cases, 722 were registered on Friday, 708 on Saturday and 459 on Sunday. During the same period, 79 patients passed away due to complications with the virus. The total number of COVID-diagnosed persons in the country since the beginning of the epidemic is 180,045, the number of recovered patients is 158,809, the number of deaths is 6,065, and the number of active cases is 15,171.