More deadly Delta Variant virus cases confirmed in Cambodia as Covid-19 cases and death toll keep rising


The Cambodian Ministry of Health on Sunday (Aug 8, 2020) reported another 556 Covid-19 cases, 154 of which were imported. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 8 (Xinhua): Cambodia's Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Sunday that another 58 new cases of the Delta Covid-19 variant were detected, taking the kingdom's total number of the Delta variant cases to 385.

Laboratory testing conducted by the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia found the Delta variant on 51 local people, including four health workers, and seven laborers returning from neighboring Thailand, the MoH said in a statement.

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