A number of 170 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Moldova on June 28. All of them are local transmission cases. The death toll from COVID-19 now stands at 530 after nine more deaths were reported today, IPN reports.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection said that 987 tests were done today and 706 of them were primary ones. Ten of those confirmed with the virus are healthcare workers.  The number of health system employees who contacted the virus totals 2,403.

Of all the patients with COVID-19, 469 are in a serious state and 30 of them were put on a ventilator.

The number of persons who became infected with the novel coronavirus reached 16,250. As many as 9,081 infected persons got cured.