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One new death, 300 Omicron community cases in Cambodia

| Publication date 08 March 2022 | 11:54 ICT

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The Ministry of Health on March 8 reported 357 new Covid-19 cases, 57 of which were imported and all were confirmed to be the Omicron variant.

One new death, 300 Omicron community cases in Cambodia

The Ministry of Health on March 8 reported 357 new Covid-19 cases, 57 of which were imported and all were confirmed to be the Omicron variant.

The ministry also reported 423 recoveries and one new death.

As of March 8, Cambodia had recorded a total of 133,065 Covid-19 cases with 127,344 recoveries and 3,043 fatalities.

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