Myanmar reports 1,000 coronavirus cases in one day in record rise


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  • Thursday, 24 Sep 2020

Volunteers's hands covered with gloves are seen at a quarantine center, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Yangon, Myanmar, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Shwe Paw Mya Tin

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar reported 1,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, in a record daily rise, as the total number of deaths in the country so far rose to 150.

The Southeast Asian nation has now recorded 8,344 total cases, more than double the number in neighbouring Thailand, which has a bigger population.

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