Flash alert – Covid-19 Pandemic in Myanmar: Details of 22 January Cases  

Saturday 23 January, 2021  

Yesterday evening at 20:00 hrs, the MoHS announced that 425 new Covid-19 cases had been identified. Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, 136,591 people have been tested positive to Covid-19 and 3,031 people have died from it. At 19:00 Hrs today, the MoHS released the spatial breakdown of those 425 cases:   

Mandalay Region 

151 

Sagaing Region 

25 

Yangon Region 

86 

Magway Region 

15 

Kachin State 

40 

Kayin State 

7 

Ayeyarwaddy Region 

33 

Mon State 

5 

Shan State 

31 

Rakhine State 

4 

Bago Region 

27 

Chin State 

1 

 

Mandalay Region reported 151 new cases, i.e. 16,579 cases since March 2020. Yesterday, the main surge took place in Taungtha (+37), Chan Aye Tharzan (+21 cases) and Maha Aung Myay (+12). Chan Aye Tharzan, Aung Myay Tharzan and Maha Aung Myay Townships remain the most-affected areas, with more than 2,400 cases each.  

In Yangon Region, 86 new cases were reported, i.e. 86,598 cases since March 2020. Yesterday, the main surge took place in North Okkalapa (+9 cases), Mingaladon (+6) and Hlaing Thayar (+5). North Okkalapa and Mingaladon remain the most-affected townships, with more than 5,800 cases each.    

Nation-wide Summary      

New cases on 22 January 

425 

Hospitalized cases as of 22 January 

13,017 

Total cases since March  

136,591 

Total fatalities since March     

3,031 

 

 

Questions or further request for information can be directed towards 

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