The number of COVID-19 infections in Libya has risen to 989, with 704 active cases.

The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 71 new cases on Saturday, distributed as following:

  1. Sabha: 42 cases
  2. Tripoli: 20 cases
  3. Misrata: 5 cases
  4. Zlitin: 1 case
  5. Qalaa: 3 cases

NCDC also confirmed the recovery of 28 patients, raising the number of recoveries to 258.