Tunisia has recorded 4,664 new confirmed coronavirus cases, the health ministry said on Saturday, a daily record since the start of the pandemic last year.
Ninety more deaths were reported, taking the death toll to more than 14,000, the ministry added.
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The total number of cases has climbed to around 403,493.
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Tunisia is seeing a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, with intensive care wards almost full, health authorities said, adding the situation was catastrophic.
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