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One new death, 189 Omicron community cases in Cambodia

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The Ministry of Health on March 12 reported one new death. FACEBOOK

One new death, 189 Omicron community cases in Cambodia

The Ministry of Health on March 12 reported 205 new Covid-19 cases, 16 of which were imported and all were confirmed to be the Omicron variant.

The ministry also reported 323 recoveries and one new death.

As of March 12, Cambodia had recorded a total of 133,943 Covid-19 cases with 128,623 recoveries and 3,046 fatalities.

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