Myanmar confirms 31 cases of Omicron sub-variant BA.2
Mar 19, 2022
Yangon (Myanmar), March 19: Myanmar confirmed its first batch of 31 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant's BA.2 sub-lineage on Friday, the Ministry of Health said.
The confirmed cases were found in 31 suspected cases of COVID-19 positive patients which were tested on March 15, the ministry said.
As of Friday, the Southeast Asian country has reported 608,384 confirmed cases from the virus with 19,420 deaths.
A total of 562,905 patients have been discharged from hospitals so far and the daily positivity rate on Friday is 3.04 percent.
Source: Xinhua
