319 citizens tested positive to COVID-19 on Thursday, of which nearly 50 percent were detected in Tirana.

Hospitalizations are at 126, while the number of active cases across the country is around 5,720.

In the last 24 hours, one person died from COVID-19, taking the official death toll to 3,181.

From the beginning of the pandemic, more than 206,930 citizens have been diagnosed with the virus.

On Thursday, health authorities confirmed the presence of the Omicron variant in Albania, after two people tested positive.