YANGON, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar confirmed 160 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 630,902, according to the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
The ministry said in a statement that health authorities tested 10,171 people for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 1.57 percent.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose to 19,478 on Tuesday after one new death was reported in the past 24 hours, the ministry said.
The total number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the country reached 604,709, including 209 new recoveries on Tuesday.
The Southeast Asian country detected its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020. ■