Yangon, Nov 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of Covid-19 infections has risen to 517,922 in Myanmar, as 527 new cases were detected in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, 14 more deaths were reported, raising the death toll to 19,025. The daily positivity rate is 2.55 per cent, the release said.
A total of 490,913 patients have been discharged from hospitals and more than 5.37 million samples have been tested for Covid-19 so far, Xinhua news agency reported.
Another one million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine donated by China arrived in Myanmar's Yangon on Sunday, according to a release from the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar.
More than 10.4 million people have been fully vaccinated nationwide, while more than 4.91 million people have received the first jabs of Covid-19 vaccines as of Saturday, according to the Ministry.
Myanmar detected its first two Covid-19 positive cases on March 23, 2020.
Source: IANS
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