ULAN BATOR, Aug 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Mongolia’s COVID-19 tally rose to 176,993 today, with 1,433 new local infections registered during the past 24 hours, according to the country’s health ministry.
The death toll rose to 890, as three more deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, said the ministry.
Over 7,560 samples were tested nationwide in the past day, and the country has conducted more than 3.5 million COVID-19 tests so far, the ministry said in a statement.
The Asian country, with a population of around 3.3 million, reported its first imported COVID-19 case in Mar, 2020, and confirmed its first locally transmitted case in Nov last year.
The disease has spread to all of its 21 provinces.– NNN-AGENCIES
