Myanmar's health ministry confirmed a 12th case at 10.15pm, bringing the total number of cases to 53 on April 13.
Eleven more cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Myanmar, the health ministry announced today, with the highest daily jump bringing the number of cases in the country to 52 and four deaths.
The government has urged people to stay at home over the typically riotous new year period as Myanmar has seen a gradual uptick in the number of cases in recent days.
The number of locally transmitted cases has increased, according to the health ministry, while the most recent patients tested positive from a batch of 92 tests.
Yesterday the ministry announced the most recent death of a patient, an 85-year-old man from Pabedan township in downtown Yangon.
The man—who was diabetic and had a heart disease—developed a cough and fever before being admitted to Yangon General Hospital on April 8.
Five patients who tested positive on April 12 and 13 attended a religious ceremony in Yangon’s Insein township, said the ministry, among them a 38-year-old man who developed mild symptoms on April 6.
