Flash alert – Covid-19 Pandemic: 491 More Confirmed Cases on 16 January 

Saturday 16 January, 2021     

At 20:00, the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) reported 491 new cases in the last 24 hours. They were detected out of 18,005 tests, i.e. a positivity rate of 2.7%. 16 more patients died from the disease in the last 24 hours.  

Since the beginning of the pandemic in Myanmar, in March 2020, 133,869 people have been contaminated by Covid-19, and 2,942 have died from it.    

Questions or further request for information can be directed towards           

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