Mongolia logs lowest daily increase in COVID-19 cases

ULAN BATOR, Dec. 6 (Xinhua/APP):Mongolia recorded 139 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily count since March 17, raising the total caseload to 384,870, the country’s health ministry said on Monday.

Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 1,944 after the death of one more patient, it added.

Currently, 4,449 COVID-19 patients are being hospitalized across the country, while another 8,321 are receiving home-based care.

So far, over 66 percent of Mongolia’s population have received two COVID-19 vaccine doses, with over 740,043 people aged over 18 having received a booster dose.

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