Ecuador sees 219,148 cases of COVID-19

QUITO, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador registered 763 new cases of infection and six more deaths from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, raising the caseload to 219,148 and the death toll to 9,583, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.

According to the ministry's daily pandemic report, another 4,582 deaths were likely caused by COVID-19.