Myanmar reports 42 new COVID-19 cases
Aug 23, 2022
Yangon [Myanmar], August 23: Myanmar confirmed 42 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 614,696, according to the Ministry of Health on Monday.
The ministry said in a statement that these cases included 14 infected people who returned from abroad.
The statement added that the health authorities tested 8,186 people for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 0.51 percent.
The death toll from COVID-19 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 reached 593,254, including 23 new recoveries on Monday.
The Southeast Asian country detected its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020.
Source: Xinhua
