The number of COVID-19 infections in Libya has risen to 670, with 514 active cases.

The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded Wednesday 31 new cases distributed as following:

• Tripoli: 8 cases
• Misrata: 6 cases
• Sabha: 5 cases
• Bayda: 5 cases
• Tandamira: 2 cases
• Ben Jawad: 5 cases

NCDC also confirmed the recovery of 6 patients, raising the number of recoveries to 138. The death toll of Covid-19 has risen to 18 after the registration of one death in Sabha.

In the same vein, Sabha Medical Center said on Wednesday that the center performed a Cesarean Section delivery for a woman infected with the Coronavirus.

He added that this case is the second of its kind in Sabha, with surgery being performed, despite the patients being infected with the virus.