AKIPRESS.COM - One more case of COVID-19 was reported in Mongolia raising the total number of the confirmed cases to 40 in the country, the National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD) said Monday.

The latest case is one of more than 260 Mongolian nationals who returned to their homeland on a chartered flight from COVID-19-hit European countries on Sunday morning, NCCD Chief Dulmaa Nyamkhuu said at a daily press conference.

In addition, two people have recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries to 12, according to the official.

All confirmed cases, including four foreign nationals, are imported, said the NCCD. No local transmissions have been reported in Mongolia so far.