Cambodian couple test positive for Covid-19, total cases 117

An employee, wearing a face mask, as a preventive measure against Covid-19, checks the temperature of a woman before allowing her to enter a bank in Phnom Penh on March 31, 2020. - AFP

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia on Wednesday (April 8) confirmed a local couple had tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the kingdom to 117.

According to a Ministry of Health statement, the new patients are a 47-year-old husband and his 45-year-old wife, who live in Chrouy Changvar district in capital Phnom Penh.

"The Covid-19 positive couple has been placed under quarantine for treatment at the Chak Angre Krom Health Center in (Phnom Penh)," the statement said.

According to the statement, to date, five more Covid-19 patients in Cambodia had recovered, raising the tally of patients cured in the kingdom to 63. - Xinhua