Flash alert – Covid-19 Pandemic: 449 More Confirmed Cases on 17 January 

Sunday 17 January, 2021     

At 20:00, the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) reported 449 new cases in the last 24 hours. They were detected out of 17,656 tests, i.e. a positivity rate of 2.5%. 13 more patients died from the disease in the last 24 hours.  

Since the beginning of the pandemic in Myanmar, in March 2020, 134,318 people have been contaminated by Covid-19, and 2,955 have died from it.    

Questions or further request for information can be directed towards           

Martin Michalon, Head of Risk Management, at m.michalon@exera.asia.