Myanmar found 1,136 new COVID-19 confirmed patients on November 4 bringing the total number of patients to 56,940 and 23 more had died, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on the night of November 4.

A total of 14,955 samples are tested between 8 pm of November 3 and 8 pm of November 4 and found 1,136 confirmed patients, it said.

A total of 1,715 people are allowed to be discharged from the hospital bringing the total number of people free from the virus reach to 40,778. And 18 out of 23 patients died on November 4 are the patients with underlying chronic medical conditions. Up to 1,330 patients have died from the virus, it said.

It said 737,090 samples were tested till November 4 and found 56,940 patients so far.

A total of 1,600 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.