YANGON, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar confirmed 90 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 615,489, according to the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
The health ministry said in a statement that these cases included seven infected people who returned from abroad.
It added that health authorities tested 8,323 people for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 1.08 percent.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the country remained unchanged at 19,439 as no new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, the ministry said.
The total number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the country reached 593,745, including 55 new recoveries on Saturday.
The Southeast Asian country detected its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020. ■