Улаанбаатар
Mongolia reports record high daily new COVID-19 cases
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Mongolia reported 3,805 new COVID-19 infections today, the highest daily increase since the pandemic hit the country last year, according to the Ministry of Health.
In specific, 912 new cases were confirmed in Ulaanbaatar city and 2,893 cases were detected in rural regions.
As a result, the nationwide infection tally is now 221,351. In the last 24 hours, 2,570 coronavirus patients were recovered and discharged from hospital. The Ministry also reported four new COVID-19 related deaths, raising the country's death toll to 948.
Currently, 15,316 people are receiving hospital treatment for COVID-19 whilst 20,714 people with mild symptoms of COVID-19 are being isolated at home.
As of today, a total of 2,097,056
people have received the second dose of vaccines against COVID-19, equal to
64.5 percent of the total population of Mongolia
