Cambodia’s Ministry of Health this morning announced the recovery of 1,087 more patients from COVID-19; increasing the total cured cases to 60,017.

Meanwhile, it added, 790 new cases were reported, of which 209 were imported and the rest were community cases linked to the Feb. 20 outbreak.

The COVID-19 tally in the Kingdom now jumped to 67,971, including 6,524 imported cases.

According to the same source, 22 additional deaths were registered; bringing the death toll to 1,128.

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 community outbreak.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press