Laos: Cases keep rising as health ministry announces 1,702 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths on Friday night (Dec 17)

VIENTIANE, Oct 18 (Vientiane Times/ANN): The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on Friday night (Dec 17) announced 1,702 new cases of Covid, along with four more deaths from the virus.

The new cases were identified after 6,369 tests were conducted across the country over the previous 24 hours.