Myanmar found 995 new COVID-19 confirmed patients on November 5, bringing the total number of patients with  22 more had died, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on the night of November 5.

A total of 13,860 samples are tested between 8 pm of November 4 and 8 pm of November 5 and found 995 confirmed patients, it said.

A total of 1,400 people are allowed to be discharged from the hospital bringing the total number of people free from the virus to 42,176. And 16 out of 22 patients died on November 5 are the patients with underlying chronic medical conditions. Up to 1,352 patients have died from the virus, it said.

It said 750,950 samples were tested till November 5 and found 57,935 confirmed patients so far.

A total of 1,669 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.