YANGON, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — Myanmar reported 79 new COVID-19 infections and two more deaths in the past 24 hours, the ministry of health said on Sunday.
The country’s daily positivity rate, or the percentage of people who test positive for the virus, was 1.14 percent, said the ministry in a release.
The number of COVID-19 cases has increased to 531,025, while the death toll has reached 19,274, the ministry