Cambodia's case count has dropped dramatically for the eighth day in a row.

[ASEAN NOW]

 

Cambodia today experienced the 8th day of huge decreases in new cases after seven days of daily new case statistics over 800.

The official daily new COVID case total for today was 203, increasing the overall number of COVID cases to 114,351.

 

With 19,159 instances being imported, the total number of Community Cases is now 95,192.

 

Today, 9 imported cases were announced while the number of imported cases seemed to be dwindling.

 

Cambodia also revealed 18 further deaths, increasing the total number of COVID-19-related deaths in Cambodia to 2459.

 

As active cases decreased, 547 recoveries were announced, bringing the total number of active COVID cases in Cambodia to 5,046.

 

This sharp decline in reported cases is linked to a new strategy of limited COVID-19 fast testing, which is the first step in moving the COVID-19 issue from pandemic to endemic status.

 

However, this new strategy has drastically lowered the number of reported cases, making it difficult to determine the exact extent of COVID in Cambodia, especially when combined with the current policy of not providing any provincial numbers.

 

Certainly, there was a general upwards tendency in The Kingdom – however, as seen in the graph (please note that results may be up to two days behind) below, the previous eight days' results have completely reversed this upwards trend:

Because of the vacationing hundreds of thousands over the three days, Cambodia's daily case load has reduced dramatically and confronts the threat of a sudden surge following the conclusion of the Pchum Ben vacations, there is a very real possibility of a spike despite the extremely high number of vaccines.

Health experts around the country are concerned about a rise in the number of cases after seeing shocking images of packed beach fronts, eco tourist attractions, and other famous tourism areas.

 

Over 664,000 tourists attended the Pchum Ben holiday over three days.

 

Cambodians are betting on the Royal Government's immunization program, which has been dubbed the "Cambodian vaccination miracle" and is depicted in the graph below.

 

Cambodia not only has a considerably higher vaccination rate than Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, but it has also surpassed practically every major country in the globe, including China, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany.

 

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