Yangon [Myanmar], August 19: Myanmar confirmed 31 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 614,541, according to the Ministry of Health on Thursday.
The health ministry said in a statement that these cases included 16 infected people who returned from abroad.
It added that health authorities tested 6,935 people for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 0.45 percent.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the country remained unchanged at 19,437 as no new deaths were confirmed in the past 24 hours, the ministry said.
The total number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the country reached 593,169, including 24 new recoveries on Thursday.
The Southeast Asian country detected its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020.
Source: Xinhua