Another 249 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Moldova on August 2. Of those infected, seven are healthcare workers. One of the new infections is an imported case, IPN reports.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection, 1,013 tests were done in total today. Of the total tests, 742 were primary tests, while 271 were rerun tests.

Three persons lost the battle with COVID-19, taking the death toll to 791. As many as 425 patients are in a serious state in the hospital and 40 of them were put on a ventilator.

A number of 245 persons who contracted the virus got cured and were discharged from the hospital. By now, 17,816 infected persons have recovered.

Moldova so far has got 25,362 cases of COVID-19, with 6,755 cases of these being active ones.