Myanmar found 1,342 new COVID-19 confirmed patients on November 6, with 24 more had died, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on the night of November 6.

A total of 14,4449  samples are tested between 8 pm of November 5 and 8 pm of November 6 and found 1,342 confirmed patients, it said.

A total of 1,099 people are allowed to be discharged from the hospital bringing the total number of people free from the virus to 43,277. And 20 out of 24 patients died on November 6 are the patients with underlying chronic medical conditions. Up to 1,376 patients have died from the virus, it said.

It said 765,399 samples were tested till November 6 and found 59,277 confirmed patients so far.

A total of 1,053 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.