ULAN BATOR, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia confirmed 477 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest since April 3, making the tally at 45,936, the National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Tuesday.
The NCCD said that 7,560 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across the country.
Meanwhile, nine more deaths and 1,570 more recoveries were reported, taking the respective totals to 191 and 34,230, said the center.
The number of daily COVID-19 infections has gradually decreased in the country as a result of a recent month-long national coronavirus lockdown, and a mass vaccination against the virus, according to the country's authorities.
Since the start of the national vaccination campaign against the virus on Feb. 23, a total of more than 1,643,000 Mongolians have so far received their first dose and over 628,000 have fully vaccinated.
The Asian country is planning to vaccinate at least 60 percent of its population of 3.3 million against COVID-19. Enditem
