The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has surged to 882, with 95 more confirmed cases reported on Monday night, Xinhua reported quoting a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.

On Monday alone, Myanmar reported 107 COVID-19 confirmed cases, with 12 cases reported in the morning, registering the highest surge in a single day during the five-month long COVID-19 outbreak.

Since Aug. 16, Rakhine state has been seeing increasing number of local cases and all townships of the state are now under the stay-at-home order, as part of the measures to effectively curb the spread of the disease.