ULAN BATOR, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD) on Monday confirmed four new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 140 in the country.
The latest confirmed cases are Mongolian nationals who returned home from Russia last week, according to the NCCD.
In addition, three more patients have recovered from the coronavirus, raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 24, said the center.
All the 140 confirmed cases, including four foreigners, are imported, mostly from Russia.
A French national tested positive for the virus on March 10, becoming the first case in Mongolia. So far, no local transmissions or deaths have been reported in the country. Enditem
