Myanmar found 1,476 new COVID-19 confirmed patients and 31 more have died, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on the night of December 1.

 

A total of 18,959 samples are tested between November 30 and December 1 and found 1,476 confirmed patients, it said.

 

A total of 1,187 people were allowed to be discharged from the hospitals bringing the total number of people free from the virus to 71,343.

 

Among the 31 deaths, 26 had underlying chronic medical conditions. Up to 1,972 patients have died from the virus, it said.

 

It said 1,182,735 samples were tested and found 92,189 patients so far and 71,343 people were recovered from the virus with 1,972 deaths.

 

A total of 1,288 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.