Mongolia reports 1 more COVID-19 case, 2 recoveries

ULAN BATOR, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia has reported one more COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 301, the National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Thursday.

The latest case was found in a 35-year-old Mongolian man who returned home from South Korea on a chartered flight last week, Amarjargal Ambaselmaa, head of the NCCD's Surveillance Department, told a daily press briefing.

Meanwhile, two more patients have recovered from the disease, bringing the national couont to 291, Ambaselmaa said.

One of the remaining 10 patients being treated at the NCCD is in serious condition, she added.

All the confirmed cases were imported, mostly from Russia, according to the center.

No local transmissions or deaths have been reported in Mongolia so far.