Stay-at-Home Order in seven townships of Yangon region as COVID cases reach 919

02 September 2020
Stay-at-Home Order in seven townships of Yangon region as COVID cases reach 919
(File) Police, wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, stand guard during a prisoner release in front of Insein Prison in Yangon on April 17, 2020. Photo: AFP

The number of COVID-19 infections in Myanmar has risen to 919 cases on Tuesday night, with 32 new infections, Xinhua reported quoting a statement from the Health and Sports Ministry.

Of them, 15 confirmed cases are from the Yangon region while the rest are from Bago region, Rakhine and Mon states, said the ministry's statement.

The ministry also issued a stay-at-home order in seven townships of Yangon region on Tuesday, where locally transmitted cases were mostly reported. The stay-at-home order will be imposed in Thingangyun, Insein, North Okkalapa, Thaketa, Hlaing, Pazundaung and Mingaladon townships of Yangon region, the statement said.