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Mongolia confirms 13 more locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

By ANI | Updated: January 9, 2021 13:15 IST

Thirteen more locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 were reported across Mongolia in the last 24 hours, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Saturday.

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Thirteen more locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 were reported across Mongolia in the last 24 hours, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Saturday.

"We conducted 13,773 tests for COVID-19 yesterday, and 13 of them were positive," Amarjargal Ambaselmaa, head of the NCCD's surveillance department, said at a press conference.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 1,408 with 896 recoveries so far.

The Asian country has recorded two COVID-19-related deaths since confirming its first case of COVID-19 in March. (/Xinhua)

( With inputs from ANI )

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