PHNOM PENH, Aug 23 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Sunday that, another 163 new cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant were confirmed, bringing the total number of such cases in the Southeast Asian nation to 999.
“So far, the Delta variant has hit 23 out of the kingdom’s 25 cities and provinces,” the MoH said, adding that, only in Kep and Kratie provinces, the variant has not been found yet.
Health Minister, Mam Bunheng, renewed his call on people across the country to be more cautious, as the Delta variant is more contagious than other previously circulating strains.
“Please continue implementing the guideline on the three do’s and three don’ts strictly, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and its variants,” he said.
The three do’s include wearing a face mask, washing hands regularly, and maintaining physical distancing of 1.5 metres, and the three don’ts are, avoiding confined and enclosed spaces, avoiding crowded spaces, and avoiding touching each other.
Cambodia yesterday also reported 496 new COVID-19 cases, lifting the national total caseload to 89,231, the MoH said, adding that, 14 more fatalities had been recorded, bringing the overall death toll to 1,792.
Another 575 patients recovered, taking the total number of recoveries to 85,081, MoH added.
The country launched a COVID-19 vaccination drive on Feb 10, targeting to inoculate 12 million people, or 75 percent of the kingdom’s 16-million population, by the end of this year.
As of Saturday, some 9.62 million people, or 60 percent of the total population, have received at least one vaccine dose, while 7.8 million of them have received both required shots, the MoH said.– NNN-AKP
