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AFP The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Cambodia reached nearly 70,000 on Tuesday with 825 new confirmed cases of the contagious respiratory virus and 21 deaths, according to the health ministry. The Southeast Asian nation of 16.5 million people has recorded 68,796 total cases since the pandemic began with nearly 1,150 total deaths, the ministry reported. The provinces of Banteay Meanchey, Prey Veng, Siem Reap, and Battambang each registered 60 to 100 new cases daily, it said. So far, Cambodia has vaccinated more than 6 million of the 10 million people who are eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines. One inmate has died and other prisoners and guards have been infected from a virus outbreak in Banteay Meanchey Prison in the province of the same name, prompting a renewed call from NGOs for measures to prevent further infections and reduce crowding in cells.

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