VIENTIANE, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Health confirmed one newly detected COVID-19 case, with its total number rising to 44.
Lao Deputy Minister of Health Phouthone Meaungpak told a press conference in Lao capital Vientiane on Monday that the new case is a 29-year-old woman, who returned to the country on Sunday.
The patient, a Lao national, was tested positive for the virus upon her arrival here.
She is treated in the designated hospital, Mittaphab Hospital (Hospital 150), in Lao capital Vientiane. Enditem