148 new cases of COVID-19 reported
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The daily COVID-19 press briefing by
the Ministry of Health for March 20 reported that in the past 24 hours 15,293
people were tested at the laboratories nationwide and 148 new coronavirus cases
were confirmed.
In specific, 143 cases were detected in Ulaanbaatar and five
cases were reported in Khuvsgul aimag. 137 of them were direct contacts of the
previously confirmed cases. Infection sources of 11 cases are under
investigation. No new imported cases of
COVID-19 have been reported today.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Mongolia now
has reached 4,806, with 3,351 recoveries.
Today, 1359 patients are receiving treatment at the National
Center for Communicable Diseases, Central Military Hospital, Second Clinic for
Maternal and Child Health, and hospitals in Zavkhan and Tuv aimags.