PHNOM PENH, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 509 on Friday after 16 new fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement.
The Southeast Asian nation confirmed 699 new cases, pushing the national caseload to 46,065, the ministry said, adding that the new infections included 586 local cases and 113 imported cases.
The kingdom also recorded 759 recovered patients, bringing the total number of recoveries to 40,769, it added.
Cambodia launched a COVID-19 inoculation drive on Feb 10.
To date, some 3.71 million out of the 10 million targeted adult population have received their first vaccine dose, MoH's secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine said, adding that 2.76 million of them have been fully vaccinated with two doses. Enditem
