YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar confirmed 87 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 615,117, according to the Ministry of Health on Tuesday (Aug 30).
The ministry said in a statement that these cases included 14 infected people who returned from abroad.
The statement said that health authorities tested 8,902 people for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 0.98 percent.
The death toll from Covid-19 in the country remained unchanged at 19,437 as no new deaths were confirmed in the past 24 hours, the ministry said.
The total number of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 in the country reached 593,567, including 72 new recoveries on Tuesday.
The South-East Asian country detected its first Covid-19 cases in March 2020.
