Today (22 December), Mongolia has reported 13 new cases of coronavirus bringing the total tally of Covid-19 infections to 1006. The new cases were all from the recent epicenter of the infection at General Hospital of Ulaanbaatar’s Bayanzurkh District. Two medical workers, two carers, four patients and five family members of discharged patients from the hospital have tested positive for coronavirus.

The number of coronavirus cases has surpassed 1000 since 10 March when the country of three million confirmed the first imported case of Covid-19.

So far, Mongolia has confirmed total of 544 cases of local transmissions; 219 of them were from the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. So far, 541 people with coronavirus were recovered.