COVID-19: 1,596 new cases, five deaths reported

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unurzul@montsame.mn
2021-08-24 13:44:41

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The Ministry of Health today, August 24, has reported that 1,596 new coronavirus cases were detected in the past 24 hours after tests were carried out at PCR laboratories across the country. 

In specific, 314 new cases were confirmed in Ulaanbaatar city, and 1,282 cases were detected in rural regions. As a result, the nationwide infection tally is now 196,846. The Ministry also reported five new COVID-19 related deaths, raising the country's death toll to 907. 

Of a total of 10,309 patients currently undergoing treatment at hospitals, there are 6,332 patients in mild, 3,626 in serious, 944 in critical, and 191 in very critical conditions.