Laos records highest daily new Covid-19 cases

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Laos reported a new high of 1,062 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday (Nov 3), the highest ever daily tally since the outbreak began in March 2020.

Deputy Director General of the National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology under the Lao Ministry of Health, Bouaphan Khamphaphongphan, told a press conference in Vientiane on Wednesday that 1,062 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded across the country over the last 24 hours, including 1,053 locally transmitted and nine imported.