China’s Xinhua news agency reported that On Friday (Aug. 20), the Ministry of Public Health ofLaospatient detection reportNovel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) 440 added in the last 24 hours This is the highest statistic of daily patient encounters. That’s more than the previous record on Wednesday (18 Aug), which was 381.
Sisawad Sudtanirasai, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the ministry At a press conference in Vientiane capital, Laos reported 440 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 more deaths, comprising 365 imported cases and 75 local cases. The number of cases and deaths totals 11,753 and 11. The 10th death in Laos is a 55-year-old man from Savannakhet Province. who have a history of high blood pressure He died in hospital after his condition worsened. The 11th death patient was a 26-year-old woman from Khammouane Province. who returned from Thailand on August 3
Meanwhile, the total number of patients who recovered and were released from hospital stood at 7,138.
Source: China Xinhua News
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