Flash alert – Covid-19 Pandemic: 711 More Confirmed Cases on 8 January 

Friday 8 January, 2021     

             

At 20:00, the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) reported 711 new cases in the last 24 hours. They were detected out of 20,164 tests, i.e. a positivity rate of 3.5%. 13 more patients died from the disease in the last 24 hours.  

Since the beginning of the pandemic in Myanmar, in March 2020, 129,483 people have been contaminated by Covid-19, and 2,812 have died from it.    

 

Nation-wide Summary     

New cases on 8 January 

711 

Hospitalized cases as of 8 January 

13,795 

Total cases since March 

129,483 

Total fatalities since March 

2,812 

 

Questions or further request for information can be directed towards           

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