Covid-19 positivity rate in Myanmar has dropped, and 18 people died of the coronavirus between March 1 and March 5, the Ministry of Health reported.  

As regards the infection rate, it was 10.32 percent on March 1, 8.57 percent on March 2, 8.43 percent on March 3, 7.29 percent on March 4, and 6.43 percent on March 5.

In the month of March, there were 4 deaths on March 1, 3 deaths on March 2, 4 deaths on March 3, 4 deaths on March 4, and 3 deaths on March 5, totalling 18 deaths within 5 days.

With the start of the fourth wave in February, there was one deaths on February 14, 3 on February 15, 4 on February 16, 1 on February 17, 3 on February 18, 5 on February 19, 4 on February 20, 7 on February 21, 6 on February 22, 5 on February 23, 4 on February 24, 3 on February 25, 4 on February 26, 5 on February 27, and 3 on February 28.