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Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's COVID-19 tally rose to 457,372 after 893 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said Sunday.
The new cases were all local transmissions, and among them, 465 were detected in capital Ulan Bator, which is the region hit hardest by COVID-19 and home to more than half of the country's population of 3.4 million.
Meanwhile, the national death toll increased to 2,073 after one more COVID-19 patient died in the past day, the ministry said.
So far, 66.8 percent of the country's total population have received two COVID-19 vaccine doses, while more than 1,013,900 people aged over 18 have received a third dose.
More than 89,800 Mongolians have received a fourth dose, which the country started to administer from Jan. 7 on a voluntary basis.
Published Date:2022-02-13