VIENTIANE, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported one more confirmed case of COVID-19, bringing its total tally to 53, including 49 recoveries.
Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, Phonepaserd Sayamoungkhoun, told a press conference held in the Lao capital Vientiane that the new case is a 25-year-old woman, who returned to the country from Thailand.
The patient, a Lao national, travelled from Thailand on April 7 and arrived in Laos' southwestern Champasak province on April 8.
The patient is being treated in a designated hospital in Champasak province.
Laos reported its first two COVID-19 cases on March 24 last year. Enditem