VIENTIANE, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Laos reported two new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the country to 51, according to Lao Ministry of Health on Sunday.
Director general of the National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology under the Lao Ministry of Health, Phonepadith Xangsayarath, told a press conference here on Sunday that the two new cases include a 41-year-old businessman from Thailand, who had a close contact with illegal immigrants from Thailand on April 3.
The patient, a Thai national, was tested positive for the virus on Saturday.
Another patient is a 41-year-old man, a Lao national, who returned to Laos from Mongolia on Friday.
The two new cases are treated in the designated hospital Mittaphab Hospital (Hospital 150). Neither of them is in a serious condition.
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in Laos is 51, with 47 recoveries.
Laos confirmed its first two COVID-19 cases on March 24 last year. Enditem
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