The Ministry of Health on March 25 announced that two more Covid-19 patients — one Chinese and one Cambodian — had died while undergoing treatment, just hours after it reported 55 new infections and 22 recoveries linked to the February 20 community outbreak of Covid-19.

The deceased Cambodian patient was identified as a 38-year-old resident of Trapaign Krasang commune in Phnom Penh's Por Sen Chey district.

He tested positive for Covid-19 on March 16 and was transfered from the Great Duke hotel, which has been converted into a treatment facility for patients with minor symptoms, to the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital on March 20.

An examination upon his admission to the hospital found that the man suffered from pneumonia and was put on a ventilator. He eventually succumbed to the virus attacks on his lungs on the morning of March 25.

The deceased Chinese patient was identified as a 43-year-old residing in Sampov Loun commune of Kandal province's Koh Thom district. The man also died from the virus attacks on his lungs despite having been put on a ventilator.

As of March 25, Cambodia had recorded a total of 1,872 Covid-19 cases with 1,056 recoveries and seven confirmed deaths.