Myanmar found 1,116 new COVID-19 confirmed patients and 21 more have died, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on the night of December 18.

 

A total of 24,501 samples were tested from December 17 at 8:00 pm to December 18 at 8:00 pm, and found new 1,116 new COVID-19 patients.

 

A total of 1,379 people were allowed to be discharged from the hospitals, bringing the total number of people free from the virus to 929,126.

 

Among the 21 deaths, 16 had underlying chronic medical conditions. Up to 2,398 patients have died from the virus, it said.

 

It said 1,551,538 samples were tested till December 18 and found 114,198 patients so far and 92,916 people were recovered from the virus with 2,398 deaths.

 

A total of 935 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.