Flash alert – Covid-19 Pandemic: 648 More Confirmed Cases on 28 December 

Monday 28 December, 2020       

             

At 20:00, the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) reported 648 new cases in the last 24 hours, i.e. 122,160 cases since the beginning of the second wave (16 August). Details about those new cases will be released tomorrow evening.   

Those 648 cases were detected out of 19,108 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, i.e. a positivity rate of 3.4%. The MoHS also stated that 17 more patients had died from the disease in the last 24 hours.  

Since the beginning of the pandemic in Myanmar, in March 2020, 122,534 people have been contaminated by Covid-19, and 2,618 have died from it.    


Nation-wide Summary     

Total cases since March 

122,534 

Total confirmed cases in second wave (since 16 August)   

122,160 

Hospitalized cases           

15,565 

Fatalities           

2,618 

 


Questions or further request for information can be directed towards           

Martin Michalon, Head of Risk Management, at m.michalon@exera.asia.