Mongolia's COVID-19 tally surpasses 4,000 www.xinhuanet.com
March 15 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia reported 122 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the national count to 4,083, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Monday.
The latest cases were confirmed after 9,410 tests had been conducted across the country, among which 121 cases were locally transmitted, including five of unknown origin, while another one is a Mongolian national returning from Khazakstan, the NCCD said in a statement.
Mongolia's hardest-hit region is the capital city Ulan Bator, which is home to over half of the country's population of 3.3 million. More than 3,200 of the total confirmed cases in the country were detected in the city.
Meanwhile, 30 more patients have recovered from the disease, taking the nationwide tally to 3,031.
The Asian country has recorded eight COVID-19-related deaths so far
Published Date:2021-03-15