Yangon, Dec 26 (IANS) Myanmar reported 176 new Covid-19 cases with a daily test positive rate of 1.61 per cent, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.The number of total Covid-19 infections has risen to 529,503 while its death toll has increased to 19,251 after three new deaths were reported on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the release.As of Saturday, a total of 507,035 recovered patients have been discharged from hospitals and over 5.97 million samples have been tested for Covid-19 so far.Myanmar detected its first two Covid-19 positive cases on March 23 last year.
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