YANGON, Nov 18 (NNN-MNA) – Over 10 million people had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 across Myanmar, as of Tuesday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health, yesterday.
Over five million people had received their first jab of the COVID-19 vaccines as of Tuesday, the release said.
According to the ministry’s figures, Myanmar reported 843 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the tally to 515,559.
The death toll stood at 18,975 yesterday, after 12 more deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.
As of yesterday, a total of 487,145 patients have been discharged from hospitals, and over 5.28 million samples have been tested for COVID-19.
Myanmar detected its first two COVID-19 positive cases on Mar 23, last year.– NNN-MNA
