1,400 new COVID-19 cases reported

08 October 2020
1,400 new COVID-19 cases reported
This photo taken on October 1, 2020 shows a volunteer wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) as he checks a list of people suspected of having the COVID-19 novel coronavirus as they arrive in an ambulance at a quarantine centre in Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP

Myanmar reported 1,400 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, Xinhua reported quoting a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.

The newly confirmed cases brought the total number of infection cases of COVID-19 in the country to 21,433.

A total of 39 more COVID-19 deaths were also reported in the country on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll in the country to 510, the release said.