Covid-19 cases, deaths continue to surge in Laos


VIENTIANE, July 31 (Xinhua): Laos' Covid-19 tally rose to 5,719 on Friday night with 244 new cases registered in the past 24 hours, while the death toll swelled to seven, according to Lao Ministry of Health.

Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference in Lao capital Vientiane on Friday that 244 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded over the past 24 hours, including 243 imported cases and one local transmissions.

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