Mongolia reports 13 new COVID-19 cases, 161 in total

AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia reported 13 new cases of COVID-19 taking the country's total to 161, the National Center for Communicable Disease Chief Dulmaa Nyamkhuu said. A total of 517 tests for COVID-19 were conducted across Mongolia yesterday and 13 of them tested positive, Nyamkhuu said.
The new patients are Mongolian nationals who have returned home from Russia amid the pandemic, said Nyamkhuu. All the confirmed cases in Mongolia were imported, mostly from Russia. No local transmissions or deaths have been reported so far.
A total of 43 people, including four foreigners, have recovered.