Over 26.8 mln people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Myanmar
Jun 06, 2022
Yangon [Myanmar], June 6: Myanmar has fully vaccinated more than 26.8 million people against COVID-19 as of Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health on Sunday.
It said the country has administered over 61 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and more than 2.1 million people have received booster shots.
Myanmar reported one new case of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 613,382 cases on Sunday, according to its health ministry.
The ministry said health authorities tested 4,644 people for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 0.02 percent.
It added that the death toll from COVID-19 in the country remained unchanged at 19,434 as no new deaths were confirmed in the past 24 hours.
The total number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the country reached 592,346 on Sunday after 19 more patients recovered in the past 24 hours.
The Southeast Asian country detected its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020.
Source: Xinhua
