Myanmar found 1,406 new COVID-19 confirmed patients on October 28 bringing the total number of patients to 49,072 and 25 more people died, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on the night of October 28.

A total of 14,206 samples are tested between 8 pm of October 27 and 8 pm of October 28 and found 1,406 confirmed patients, it said.

A total of 1,263 people are allowed to be discharged from the hospital bringing the total number of people to 28,636. 22 out of 25 patients died on October 28 are the patients with underlying chronic medical conditions. Up to 1,172 patients have died from the virus, it said.

It said 648,247 samples were tested till October 28 and found 49,072 patients so far.

A total of 1,460 people, who had close contact with positive patients in Yangon Region and tested negative, are put in home quarantine, it said.

Hospitals in Yangon Region are testing COVID-19 suspects using rapid antigen diagnostic test kits and there are people who lost their sense of smell and taste included, announced the MOHS.