Yangon [Myanmar], December 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 116,134 as of Sunday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.

A total of 947 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country.

The death toll of COVID-19 reached 2,443 with 19 newly reported on Sunday in the country, the release said.

According to the ministry's figures, a total of 95,387 patients have been discharged from hospitals and over 1.59 million samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far.

Myanmar reported its first two positive cases of COVID-19 on March 23. (ANI/Xinhua)

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