Myanmar reports 87 new COVID-19 cases
Aug 31, 2022
Yangon [Myanmar], August 31: Myanmar confirmed 87 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 615,117, according to the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
The ministry said in a statement that these cases included 14 infected people who returned from abroad.
The statement said that health authorities tested 8,902 people for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 0.98 percent.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the country remained unchanged at 19,437 as no new deaths were confirmed in the past 24 hours, the ministry said.
The total number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the country reached 593,567, including 72 new recoveries on Tuesday.
The Southeast Asian country detected its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020.
Source: Xinhua
