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Yangon [Myanmar], June 12: Myanmar confirmed 13 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing its total tally to 613,440, according to the country's Ministry of Health on Saturday.
It tested 6,656 people for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 0.20 percent, the ministry said in a statement.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the country still stood at 19,434 on Saturday, it said.
An additional 22 patients recovered from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and the total number of recovered people in the country rose to 592,423 on Saturday.
Myanmar reported its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020.
Source: Xinhua