Ulan Bator, Feb 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mongolia reported 1,192 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 452,882, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
More than half of the latest confirmed cases were detected in rural areas, the ministry said, adding that daily Covid infections is expected to increase in rural areas due to celebrations of the traditional White Moon festival or the Lunar New Year, Xinhua news agency reported.
Meanwhile, three more Covid patients died in the past day, bringing the death toll to 2,062, the ministry added.
So far, 66.7 per cent of the country's total population of 3.4 million has received two Covid vaccine doses, while more than 1,010,300 people aged over 18 have received the third dose.
In addition, over 85,300 Mongolians have received a fourth dose, which the country started to administer from January 7 on a voluntary basis.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz