Cambodia's Covid-19 death toll nears 100 after report of three new fatalities; national virus tally at 13,790

Health workers prepare to transport a Covid-19 positive patient in Phnom Penh.- Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, May 1 (Xinhua): Cambodia's death toll from Covid-19 has risen to 96 on Saturday after three new fatalities were confirmed in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement.

The latest deceased patients were all Cambodians - two women, aged 76 and 67, and one man aged 61, the statement said, adding that they all succumbed to the disease at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in capital Phnom Penh.