Mongolia records 1,234 new COVID-19 cases, seven deaths

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Daily COVID-19 press briefing for today, July 28, by the Ministry of Health reported that 1,234 new coronavirus cases were detected in the past 24 hours after tests were carried out at PCR laboratories across the country. In specific, 511 new cases were confirmed in Ulaanbaatar city, and 732 cases were detected in rural regions. As a result, the nationwide infection tally is now 160,344. In the last 24 hours, 2,100 coronavirus patients were recovered and discharged from hospital. The Ministry also reported seven new COVID-19 related deaths, raising the country's death toll to 796.