ULAN BATOR, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia reported two new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking its national count to 227, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Wednesday.
"A total of 370 tests for COVID-19 were conducted at three laboratories across the country yesterday and two of them were positive," NCCD head Dulmaa Nyamkhuu told a daily press conference.
The new patients are Mongolian nationals who have recently returned home from Russia via Altanbulag border point, said Nyamkhuu.
Meanwhile, one more patient has recovered, bringing the national tally to 195, he added.
All the cases in the country were imported, mostly from Russia, according to the NCCD.
No local transmissions or deaths have been reported in Mongolia so far. Enditem
