YANGON, Feb 17 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar has fully vaccinated over 20.3 million people against COVID-19 as of Tuesday, the country’s Ministry of Health said, yesterday.
It said, over 23.1 million people in the country have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Myanmar has a population of more than 54 million.
According to the ministry’s figures, Myanmar reported 2,740 new COVID-19 cases, with daily test positivity rate of 8.98 percent and four more deaths in the past 24 hours.
The number of COVID-19 infections has risen to 553,564 while its death toll has reached 19,318 by yesterday.
Another 1,208 patients have been discharged from hospitals yesterday, bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 520,092.
Myanmar detected its first two COVID-19 positive cases in Mar, 2020.– NNN-MNA
