One more COVID-19 related death reported

17 September 2020
One more COVID-19 related death reported
A volunteer wearing Personal protective equipment (PPE) helps the contact person of Covid-19 patient for quarantine at the St. Joseph's Catholic Major Seminary Institute Of Theology in Yangon, Myanmar, 16 September 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA

Myanmar reported one more COVID-19 death on Wednesday night, bringing the death toll in the country to 40 in total, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry Xinhua reported.

According to the release, a 73-year-old woman with underlying diseases died of acute respiratory failure due to severe pneumonia on Tuesday.

In the meantime, a total of 185 more COVID-19 confirmed cases were reported in the country, the release said.