Xinhua
12 May 2021, 12:48 GMT+10
ULAN BATOR, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia added 512 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 46,448, the country's health ministry said Wednesday.
The country also reported 1,503 new recoveries and five virus-related deaths over the past day, bringing the national counts to 35,733 and 196 respectively, the ministry said in a statement.
Mongolia launched a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign in late February, aiming to cover at least 60 percent of its population of 3.3 million.
A total of more than 1,678,100 Mongolians have so far received their first dose and over 631,600 have got both jabs, said the ministry.
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