Tunisia reports 47 COVID-19 mortalities, 1,623 cases Fri.

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) TUNIS, April 2 (KUNA) -- Tunisia's Ministry of Health said Friday that 47 patients succumbed to COVID-19 and 1,623 others tested positive for the disease in the past 24 hours.Total infections and deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic came to 218,376 and 8,890 respectively, the ministry said in a statement. Overall recoveries climbed to 218,377 after the recovery of 449, it added. (end) nma.hb MENAFN02042021000071011013ID1101853124