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Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia reported 1,780 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths over the past 24 hours, pushing the national counts to 193,679 and 898 respectively, the country's health ministry said Sunday.
One of the new confirmed cases was imported from abroad, and the others were locally transmitted, the ministry said in a statement.
The COVID-19 Delta variant remains prevalent in the country, the ministry said, urging the public to follow all relevant health guidelines to protect minors and people suffering chronic diseases.
So far, 63.1 percent of the country's population has been fully vaccinated against the virus, according to the ministry.
The Asian country launched a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign in late February, aiming to inoculate at least 60 percent of its 3.3-million population.
Published Date:2021-08-22