Qatar has recorded 1,733 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily toll yet, raising the total to 26,882, the health ministry announced on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Qatar tested 4,811 people recently raising the total number of tests administered to 143,938, according to the health ministry.
The first case in the country was confirmed on February 27, but the number of cases began to rise more steeply from mid-March onwards, beginning with the announcement of 238 new cases in a single day on March 11.
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