The number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 521,211 in Myanmar after 505 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
With 12 new deaths, the overall death toll in the country has increased to 19,079, the release said.
A total of 495,408 patients had been discharged from hospitals and over 5.5 million samples had been tested for COVID-19 as of Saturday.
Myanmar detected its first two COVID-19 cases on March 23 last year. (ANI/Xinhua)
( With inputs from ANI )
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