Collecting a sample for COVID-19 testing in Laos (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Laos logged thelowest number of domestic infections since April 20 and Cambodia continued torecord a lower number of new cases on May 14.
The Lao Ministry of Health confirmed 16 new cases ofCOVID-19, including one domestic infection, and one more death from thecoronavirus epidemic on the day. The remaining 15 imported cases have beenimmediately placed under quarantine upon arrival.
As of May 14 afternoon, the total number of confirmed cases inLaos rose to 1,498 with two deaths. A total of 513 COVID-19 patients haverecovered and been discharged from hospitals.
Meanwhile, Cambodia’s number of new infections on May14 stood at 358, down from 448 cases documented on May 13 and 472 on May 12.
The new infections included 350 local and eight importedcases, the country’s health body said in a statement.
Five more fatalities were recorded on the day, taking the death toll to147, it said, adding that 348 more patients recovered from the disease,raising the total number of recoveries to 9,867.
To date, the nation has confirmed a total of 21,499 COVID-19cases, of which 20,835 were related to the February 20 community event.
In Singapore, 24 community cases were among 52 new COVID-19infections reported as of noon on May 14, said the local Ministryof Health (MOH). This was the nation’s highest number of new daily COVID-19cases since Jan 30, when 58 cases were logged.
Twenty of the new community cases are linked to previousclusters, of which 13 have been linked to the Changi Airport cluster.
Singapore has so far logged a total of 61,505 COVID-19cases, including 61,029 recoveries and 31 deaths.
Singapore will apply new restrictions from May 16 to June 13to curb the spread of the disease in the community.
On the same day, the Philippines' Department of Health reported6,784 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases inthe country to 1,131,467.
The death toll climbed to 18,958 after 137 more patientsdied from the disease on May 14, it said.
In Thailand, there were 2,256 new COVID-19 cases and 30deaths posted on the same day.
According to the nation’s Center for COVID-19 SituationAdministration (CCSA), the new cases took the total count to96,050 and the death toll to 548./.
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