COVID-19 cases continue to rise

13 October 2020
COVID-19 cases continue to rise
A volunteer wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) directs traffic for ambulances transfering people suspected of having the COVID-19 coronavirus to a quarantine centre in Yangon on October 12, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP

Myanmar reported 1,344 more COVID-19 confirmed cases on Monday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health and Sports Xinhua reported.

The newly confirmed cases brought the number of infection cases in the country to 29,314.

A total of 18 more COVID-19 deaths were also reported in the country on Monday, bringing the death toll in the country to 664, the statement said.