Myanmar sees decrease in COVID-19 cases over past week

YANGON, March 20 (Xinhua) — Myanmar has seen a decline in COVID-19 cases over the past week, with daily cases dropping from 487 on March 13 to 227 on Sunday, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health.

The ministry’s data showed deaths from COVID-19 in the country did not exceed three per day in the past week.

The country recorded two new deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, the release said.

As of Sunday, the country had recorded 608,990 COVID-19 cases, 564,660 recoveries and 19,425 deaths, it said.

Over 21.6 million people in the country have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Saturday.

The Southeast Asian country began experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and the Omicron variant-driven fourth wave at the end of December last year.

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