YANGON, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar confirmed 187 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total tally to 616,210, according to its Ministry of Health on Thursday.
The health ministry said in a statement that these cases included five people who returned from abroad.
It added that health authorities tested 9,480 people for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 1.97 percent.
The death toll from COVID-19 remained unchanged at 19,442 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 594,071, including 88 new recoveries on Thursday.
The Southeast Asian country detected its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020. ■
