Cambodia detected 830 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) this morning; bringing the tally to 109,087, announced the Ministry of Health in a press release.
Of the new infections, it added, 98 were imported and the rest were linked to the Feb. 20 community outbreak.
At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic claimed 25 more lives, but 473 more patients have successfully been cured; the total death and recovered cases in the Kingdom therefore stood at to 2,243 and 100,655, respectively.
The first COVID-19 case was detected in Cambodia in late January 2020 in Preah Sihanouk province. The confirmed cases have surged quickly this year due to the Feb. 20 incident.
Source: Agency Kampuchea Press