According to the information released by the Ministry of Health on March 13, a total of 487 new Covid-19 cases were detected after 14,220 lab samples had been tested.  

Up till 8pm of March 13, a total of 7,384,517 lab samples were tested, and 605,347 confirmed cases reported.  

In addition, three more deaths were reported during the last 24 hours, bringing the totial number of deaths to 19,409.

As 1,164 patients were discharged from hospitals on March 13, the total number of patients discharged reached 557,810.