680 new cases of coronavirus detected, total reaches 54,414

Society
baljmaa@montsame.gov.mn
2021-05-26 12:04:43

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Daily COVID-19 press briefing for today, May 26, by the Ministry of Health, reported that 680 new coronavirus cases were detected in the past 24 hours across the country after a total of 7,831 PCR tests were performed nationwide. 


In specific, 634 new cases were confirmed in Ulaanbaatar city and 46 cases were detected in rural regions, including Orkhon, Arkhangai, Bulgan, Uvurkhangai and Tuv aimags. As a result, the nationwide infection tally is now 54,414, with the cases registered in the capital city grown to 48,104. 


In the last 24 hours, 685 coronavirus patients were recovered, making the number of COVID-19 recoveries 48,041. As of May 26, a total of 4,234 coronavirus patients are being treated at hospitals in Ulaanbaatar city and the rural aimags. Among them, 495 patients’ health are in serious conditions, reports the National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD), the primary healthcare organization in the country responding to the pandemic. Another 1080 patients who are experiencing mild symptoms are being treated at home under  surveillance of family health clinic while taking home isolation precautions.


NCCD also reported two new COVID-19 related deaths, raising the country's death toll to 257. The casualties are COVID-19 patients aged 74 years old, who were being treated at NCCD in Ulaanbaatar city.  


As of May 26, a total of 1,841,111 people have received the first dose of vaccines against COVID-19, equal to 89.1 percent of the nationwide vaccination target – 2,067,292 adult populations, which is 60 percent of the total population of Mongolia. Among them, 888,872 people or 43 percent of the vaccination target have gotten their second shots. 


Since the vaccine rollout was launched in February 2021, nearly 99 percent of the total adult population of Ulaanbaatar city or 943,492 people have gotten the first shot of COVID-19 vaccines and 637,788 people /66.9 percent of the target/ in the capital city have been fully immunized. In rural regions, the number of the fully vaccinated people reached 251,084 and the partially vaccinated - 897,619. 


In terms of COVID-19 vaccine vaccine reserves, the government of Mongolia has collected a total of 4.3 million doses of vaccines, including AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Sputnik-V and Pfizer-BioNTech. Through procurement and international assistances.  The government is working towards fully immunizing Ulaanbaatar city’s adult population before June 1, and complete fully rural population within June 15, 2021.