Today (10 May), Mongolia confirmed 639 new cases of coronavirus; nine of them are medical workers. So far, Mongolia has had 45459 confirmed cases of Covid-19; some 72 percent of them have recovered.

Separately, eight people died of coronavirus; bringing the total death toll to 170.

The number of new daily cases of Covid-19 in Mongolia has begun decreasing after over 1.5 million people received the first doses of vaccines against the virus; more than half that number has now already received the second dose. The country of three million started its nationwide vaccination rollout on 23 February.

The Mongolian Government aims to vaccinate 60 percent of the population by June.