A heath worker is vaccinated against COVID-19 in Serdang, near Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur on March 4, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)The victim ranged from 36 to 90 years old, with themajority of them suffering from existing health complications.
Another 3,733 new COVID-19 infections were reported onthe day, of which 3,727 are local transmissions, bringing the national total to440,677.
In Cambodia, 520 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed on thesame day, a slight decrease from the previous days. This brought the totalcases in the country to 19,237, of which 7,641 have recovered.
On May 6, the Southeast Asian country lifted thethree-week lockdown imposed on Phnom Penh and neighbouring Ta Khmao city toprevent the spread of COVID-19, but a number of business facilities had yet toresume operation.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry of Laos confirmed itsfirst death from COVID-19 on May 9, making the country the last in ASEAN tosuffer a fatality.
The victim, who is a 52-year-old Vietnamese woman, is thefirst COVID-19 patient in the country to die of the disease.
A total of 69 new COVID-19 cases were reported acrossfour localities on the day, taking the national count to 1,302, including 66Vietnamese./.
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