Some 194 new Covid-19 cases have been reported over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 16,936 including 4,093 active cases and 16 deaths, according to Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Dr Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh.
Dr Rattanaxay also told a press conference today that some 4,371 people were tested for Covid-19 yesterday and some information and details about local transmissions. Of these new confirmed cases, 108 were classified as imported cases and 86 as local infections.
The imported cases were reported in Savannakhet 72, in Champassak 15, in Khammuan 12, in Borikhamxay 6, Vientiane 2 and Saravan 1. The local infections included 45 in Champassak, 26 in Khammuan, 6 in Bokeo, four in Savannakhet and one each in Xaysomboun, Vientiane (province) and Vientiane.
Source: Lao News Agency