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Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia recorded 1,019 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing its national tally to 167,229, the country's health ministry said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, four more deaths were reported, taking the countrywide death toll to 854.
A total of 7,195 samples were tested across Mongolia in the past day, and all the latest cases were locally transmitted, the ministry said.
The Asian country launched a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign in late February, aiming to cover at least 60 percent of its population of 3.3 million.
So far, 67.2 percent of the country's total population have received their first vaccine dose while over 61 percent have been fully vaccinated.
Published Date:2021-08-03