Myanmar found 1,312 new COVID-19 confirmed patients on October 22 bringing the total number of patients to 41,008 and 33 more people are dead, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on the night of October 22.

A total of 13,774 samples are tested between 8 pm of October 21 and 8 pm of October 22 and found 1,312 confirmed patients, it said.

A total of 2,279 people are allowed to be discharged from the hospital bringing the total number of people to 21,144. 30 out of 30 patients who died on October 22 are the patients with underlying chronic medical conditions. Up to 1,005 patients have died from the virus, it said.

It said 566,222 samples were tested till October 22 and found 41,008 patients so far.

A total of 1,759 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.