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Mongolia's COVID-19 tally rose to 888 on Tuesday after one more case was registered in the past 24 hours, said the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD).
The latest confirmed case was locally transmitted in the northern Mongolian province of Selenge, the NCCD said in a statement.
A total of 456 local cases have been reported nationwide so far, notably in the capital city of Ulan Bator and provinces of Selenge, Darkhan-Uul, Govisumber, Orkhon, Dornogovi and Arkhangai.
The first locally-transmitted case in Mongolia was found in a woman, whose 29-year-old husband, a transport driver, returned from Russia and tested positive for the virus four days after he was released from a 21-day mandatory isolation on Nov. 6.
The Asian country's nationwide lockdown, imposed on Nov. 12, expired on Dec. 1.
However, the government has extended the lockdown in Ulan Bator and the provinces of Selenge and Arkhangai by 10 days until Dec. 11. The majority of the confirmed local cases were registered in Ulan Bator and Selenge.
The country has recorded 384 recoveries with no deaths so far. Enditem
Published Date:2020-12-09