305 new Covid-19 cases recorded

The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has placed the number of people with covid-19 documented nationwide over the past 24 hours at 305 including 81 local transmissions.

Fifty two of the local infections were documented in Savannakhet. Meanwhile 29 were reported in Bokeo with all detected in Tonpheng district.

Some 224 imported cases were reported, all were migrant workers from neighbouring countries, including 134 in Champassak, 33 in Savannakhet, 22 in Saravan, 20 in Khammuan, 12 in Vientiane and three in Luang Prabang.

The total of Covid-19 infections in the country has reached 12,469, including 4,520 active cases and 11 deaths.

Source: Lao News Agency