COVID-19 Update: 5 new COVID-19 cases reported on March 18

The Ministry of Health has been accelerating COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment measures and procedures.

The Ministry reported 5 new COVID-19 cases at 8 p.m. on Saturday after testing 3,767 patients within 24 hours. At the time of the report, there’s no patient who died due to the disease while 9 patients have recovered. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Myanmar reached 633,991 and the death toll stands at 19,490 and the number of recovered patients is 614, 472.