COVID-19 Update: 162 new COVID-19 cases reported on May 16

The Ministry of Health has been accelerating COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment measures and procedures. The Ministry reported 162 new COVID-19 cases at 8 p.m. on Tuesday after testing 10,360 patients within 24 hours.

At the time of report, there is no patient who died due to the disease while 207 patients have recovered from the disease. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Myanmar reached 637,483 and the death toll stands at 19,494 and the number of recovered patients is 616,329.