Myanmar found 1,418 new COVID-19 confirmed patients and 30 more have died, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on the night of December 3.

22,719 samples were tested from December 2 at 8:00 pm to December 3 at 8:00 pm, and found new 1,418 COVID-19 patients.

 

A total of 1,147 people were allowed to be discharged from the hospitals bringing the total number of people free from the virus to 73,748.

 

Among the 30 deaths, 24 had underlying chronic medical conditions. Up to 2.028 patients have died from the virus, it said.

 

It said 1,225,134 samples were tested till December 3 and found 95,018 patients so far and 73,748 people were recovered from the virus with 2,028 deaths.

 

A total of 1,841 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.