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323 new Covid-19 cases reported

Laos has reported 323 new Covid-19 cases nationwide over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 140,353 including 3,123 active cases and 602 deaths, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

Yesterday, some 312 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals nationwide, Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health, Dr Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh told a press conference on Thursday.

Of the new confirmed cases, 314 were classified as domestic infections and nine as imported cases.

The domestic infections included 61 in Huaphan, 58 in Vientiane, 37 in Savannakhet, 31 in Xieng Khuang, 24 in Attapeu and 23 in Phongsaly.

Source: Lao News Agency