COVID-19 Update: 259 New Cases Reported At 8 P.M. On December 21

The Ministry of Health reported 259 new COVID-19 cases at 8 p.m. on Tuesday after testing 14,423 lab specimens within 24 hours.

4 COVID-19 positive patients have died while 335 patients have recovered and were discharged from hospitals. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Myanmar have reached 528,639 with 19,230 deaths and 506,096 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospitals.

The World’s worst-hit countries are United States of America with over 50.56 million confirmed cases followed by India, Brazil, The United Kingdom, Russian Federation, Turkey, France, Germany, Islamic Republic of Iran and Spain according to the World Health Organization.

Globally, as of 5:15 p.m. Central European Time on December 21st, 2021, there have been over 274.62 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including over 5.35 million deaths, reported to WHO. The Ministry of Health has given instructions for office department staff and everyone’s active cooperation in following the COVID-19 preventive measures including reminders of staying safe and healthy during the pandemic.