Myanmar now has 986 new cases of COVID-19 and 29 more deaths according to the statement made by the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on October 25 at 8:00 pm. 

 

From October 24 at 8:00 pm to October 25 at 8:00pm, a total of 11692 samples were tested and found 986 new cases. 

 

Among the positive cases, 1,212 patients were discharged from the hospital and now the total number of people discharged from the hospital reached 14920.

 

Among the 29 deaths, 24 had underlying chronic medical conditions. The total number of deaths is now 1095. 

 

Myanmar has so far conducted 605,643 samples and found 44,774 positive patients while 24,920 people were recovered from the virus and discharged from the hospital with 1,095 deaths. 

 

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.