Myanmar found 1,227 new COVID-19 confirmed patients and 23 more have died, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on the night of November 30.

 

A total of 15,935 samples are tested between November 29 and November 30 and found 1,227 confirmed patients, it said.

 

A total of 1,246 people were allowed to be discharged from the hospitals bringing the total number of people free from the virus to 70,156.

 

Among the 23 deaths, 20 had underlying chronic medical conditions. Up to 1,941 patients have died from the virus, it said.

 

It said 1,163,776 samples were tested till November 30 and found 90,713 patients so far and 70,156 people were recovered from the virus with 1,941 deaths.

 

A total of 1,136 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.