An absolute record of new cases of infections and deaths due to COVID-19 was hit in Moldova on March 24. Another 2,273 new infections with COVID-19 were confirmed on March 24, with 39 persons succumbing to the virus, IPN reports, quoting the Ministry of Health.

The cases of COVID-19 in Moldova totaled 219,988. Of the 4,448 infected persons who are hospitalized, 341 are in a very serious state and 61 of them were put on a ventilator.

Among those who died is a man aged 40 from Edineț district. The other victims, 25 women and 13 men, were aged between 51 and 92. Eleven of the victims were from Chisinau.