Myanmar found 605 new COVID-19 confirmed patients on January 14 bringing the total number of patients to 132,865 and 10 more people died, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) on the night of January 14.

A total of 18,820 samples are tested between 8 pm of January 13 and 8 pm of January 14 and found 605 confirmed patients, it said.

A total of 479 people are allowed to be discharged from the hospital bringing the total number of people to 116,100. 8 out of 10 patients died on January 14 are the patients with underlying chronic medical conditions. Up to 2,912 patients have died from the virus, it said.

It said 2,074,577 samples were tested till January 14 and found 132,865 patients so far.

A total of 505 people, who had close contact with positive patients in Yangon Region and tested negative, are put in home quarantine, it said.