560 New COVID Cases, 763 Treated, 22 Deaths

Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Health issued the daily press release on the morning of 2 August 2021, confirming the discovery of 560 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 763 cases that were treated and the patients discharged. Another 22 deaths were reported.

391 cases were community-transmitted infections, and 169 were imported confirmed cases, most of them from Thailand.

Up to now, a total of cases have been diagnosed nationwide, a total of cases have been cured, and a total of 1,442 cases have died.

At least 169 cases were reportedly imported, mostly from Thailand, with the other 391 classed as local infections, making around 65,932 since February 20 (with 169 imported- sources may vary slightly- another source changes wildly).

Provincial releases in past few hours (*unclear what days these have been counted as and are only added as a rough guide- due to the Ministry of Health no longer announcing the regional numbers- unsure of what the ‘cut off point’ is for the releases):

Pailin: 36 cases, Oddar Meanchey: 41 cases, (9 from quarantine, 32 local), 32 treated, Kampong Thom: 66 cases, 82 treated, 5 deaths, Svay Rieng: 40 cases, 85 treated, 5 deaths, Prey Veng: 161 cases, 64 treated, 2 deaths, Tbong Khmum: 25 cases, 18 treated, Kratie: 14 cases, 4 treated, Battambang: 111 cases, 58 treated, Koh Kong: 30 cases, 115 treated, Kampong Cham: 72 cases, 79 treated, 2 deaths, Siem Reap: 98 cases, 52 treated, 2 deaths,

This brings the total number of cases to around 78,474 cases with 71,517 cases treated. The death toll has risen to by another 22 to 1,442

So far 1.83% cases have resulted in deaths. Please note- these numbers may not be 100% accurate.

Vaccines: 609,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson arrived as a gift from the USA early this morning.