The Education Ministry reported 10,559 students across all grades were found to be infected with COVID-19, a press release by the ministry said on Wednesday.
In addition, 2,017 teachers were reported infected.
Eight schools out of 5,000 educational institutions were shut down due to the virus and 738 kindergartens out of the 21,000 across the country. The great majority (73.7%) of infected students reside in Red and Orange towns.