COVID-19 Update: 8 new COVID-19 cases reported on March 16

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

The Ministry reported 8 new COVID-19 cases at 8 p.m. on Thursday after testing 4,952 patients within 24 hours. At the time of the report, there’s no patient who died due to the disease while 1 patient has recovered. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Myanmar reached 633,975 and the death toll stands at 19,490 and the number of recovered patients is 614, 459.