Some 1,083 new cases and two new deaths attributed to Covid-19 have been recorded nationwide over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 115,870 including 8,129 actives cases and 411 deaths.

The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control said today that the new infections included 347 cases reported in Vientiane, 143 in Oudomxay, 91 in Phongsaly, 83 in Xayaboury, and 79 in Luang Namtha.

Yesterday witnessed 292 Covid-19 patients discharged from hospitals nationwide, Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health, Dr Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh told a press conference.

Source: Lao News Agency