COVID-19: 41 new cases detected, total reaches 1349

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. At today’s daily briefing of the Ministry of Health, Head of Surveillance Department of the National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) A.Ambaselmaa reported that 41 new cases of COVID-19 detected in Ulaanbaatar city after involving 16377 people in PCR testing. Of the newly confirmed cases, five are health workers of the NCCD and the rest are those related to other cluster infections in the city. On January 4, nine cases were detected at Achtan Elite private hospital newly and 16 more cases have been confirmed there while five public bus drivers of Tenuun Ognoo company have had positive test results. All the newly detected cases were under isolation, noted Ms.Ambaselmaa. As of today, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Mongolia reached 1349, with 887 recoveries. In addition, three patients discharged from the hospital in the past 24 hours. Currently, there are 451 people undergoing treatment.