YANGON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar reported 3,058 new coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing the tally in the country to 559,314, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
It is the highest number recorded in three weeks since Feb. 1, the ministry's data showed.
The ministry said that a total of 32,872 lab samples were tested on Friday and the daily positivity rate is 9.3 percent.
Another three deaths from COVID-19 were confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 19,322 in the country.
With 805 new recoveries, a total of 521,609 patients have been discharged from hospitals as of Friday.
Myanmar detected its first two COVID-19 cases in March 2020. ■