Flash alert – Covid-19 Pandemic in Myanmar: Details of 16 January Cases  

Sunday 17 January, 2021  

 

Yesterday evening at 20:00 hrs, the MoHS announced that 491 new Covid-19 cases had been identified. Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, 133,869 people have been tested positive to Covid-19 and 2,942 people have died from it. At 17:30 Hrs today, the MoHS released the spatial breakdown of those 491 cases:  

  

Yangon Region 

162 

Naypyitaw 

5 

Mandalay Region 

105 

Shan State 

5 

Sagaing Region 

64 

Chin State 

4 

Magway Region  

45 

Tanintharyi Region 

2 

Bago Region 

27 

Kachin State 

2 

Kayin State 

27 

Rakhine State 

1 

Ayeyarwaddy Region 

26 

Kayah State 

1 

Mon State 

15 

 

 

 

 

In Yangon Region, 162 new cases were reported, i.e. 85,989 cases since March 2020. Yesterday, the main surge took place in Hmawbi (+33 cases), Mayangone (+14) and North Okkalapa (+13). North Okkalapa and Mingaladon remain the most-affected townships, with more than 5,800 cases each.    

In Mandalay Region, 105 new cases were reported, i.e. 15,827 cases since March 2020. Yesterday, the main surge took place in Chan Mya Tharzi (+17 cases), Aung Myay Tharzan (+15), and Chan Aye Tharzan (+10). Chan Aye Tharzan, Aung Myay Tharzan and Maha Aung Myay Townships remain the most-affected areas, with more than 2,300 cases each.  

 

Nation-wide Summary      

New cases on 16 Jan. 

491 

Hospitalized cases as of 16 Jan. 

13,846  

Total cases since March  

133,869  

Total fatalities since March  

2,942  

 

 

Questions or further request for information can be directed towards 

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