Yangon, Nov 28 (IANS) The number of Covid-19 cases has risen to 521,211 in Myanmar after 505 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.With 12 new deaths, the overall death toll in the country has increased to 19,079, the release said on Saturday.A total of 495,408 patients had been discharged from hospitals and over 5.5 million samples had been tested for Covid-19 as of Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.Myanmar detected its first two Covid-19 cases on March 23, 2020.
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