• Burmese
Monday, July 21, 2025
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
The Irrawaddy
26 °c
Yangon
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Junta Watch
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Books
  • Donation
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Junta Watch
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Books
  • Donation
No Result
View All Result
The Irrawaddy
No Result
View All Result
Home News Burma

Myanmar’s New COVID-19 Case Numbers Continue to Rise Sharply

The Irrawaddy by The Irrawaddy
June 30, 2021
in Burma
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0 0
A A
Myanmar health workers from the Department of Medical Research collect swabs for COVID-19 testing at a quarantine center in Yangon on June 7, 2020. / Htet Wai / The Irrawaddy

Myanmar health workers from the Department of Medical Research collect swabs for COVID-19 testing at a quarantine center in Yangon on June 7, 2020. / Htet Wai / The Irrawaddy

5.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Myanmar’s third wave of COVID-19 is reaching new heights this week, with the country reporting 1,312 infections on Tuesday—its highest daily total of new cases since the Feb. 1 coup—just a day after more than 1,200 new cases were announced.

The daily new cases are up from fewer than 200 on June 12. Since June 19, the positive test rate has been between 11 and 18 percent each day.

Junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has admitted that a third wave of COVID-19 is under way in the country, despite the fact that people have been inoculated with vaccines from India, China and Russia.

RelatedPosts

Conjuring an Election Illusion in War-Torn Shan; Raiding Offshore Gas to Stay Afloat; and More

Conjuring an Election Illusion in War-Torn Shan; Raiding Offshore Gas to Stay Afloat; and More

July 19, 2025
486
Myanmar Crisis Spells Opportunity for U.S.-India Cooperation

Myanmar Crisis Spells Opportunity for U.S.-India Cooperation

July 18, 2025
843
Myanmar Junta Using Conscripts as Cannon Fodder, Defectors Say

Myanmar Junta Using Conscripts as Cannon Fodder, Defectors Say

July 18, 2025
767

“The third wave is occurring slowly with an increase in the [positive test] rate to around 10 percent,” he said in an interview with Russia’s RIA media on June 24 during his visit to Moscow. However, he downplayed the scale of the outbreak, insisting the positive rate in Myanmar is not serious in comparison to the international situation.

Swab testing has also increased, with 8,232 tests conducted on Tuesday, an increase from around 1,500 to 2,000 tests per day between February and early June, and from over 3,000 tests a day on June 12.

As of Tuesday, Myanmar had reported a total of 155,697 COVID-19 cases with 3,320 deaths, according to the junta-controlled Health Ministry. Immediate information on Tuesday’s positive test rate and affected areas were unavailable at the time of publication.

On Monday, which also saw a sharp rise in new case numbers, most cases were reported in Bago Region (259), Shan State (205), Sagaing Region (196), Yangon Region (140), Ayeyarwady Region (100) and Chin State (83).

Bago’s Letpadan and Shan State’s Laukkai, two townships under stay-at-home orders, reported 87 and 82 new cases respectively, among the highest daily spikes.

The ministry has imposed stay-at-home orders on 11 townships: Tamu and Kale in Sagaing Region; Tonzang, Hakha, Tedim, Falam and Thantlang in Chin State; Bago Region’s Letpadan and Phyu; and Lashio and Laukkai in northern Shan State.

The regime has purchased 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Russia and plans to buy another 7 million doses.

The military chief said, “India has temporarily suspended selling COVID-19 vaccines as they have their own domestic hurdles. In the meantime, we have received COVID-19 vaccines produced by Russia and we have started using them. We have talked about buying more vaccines from Russia. Likewise, China sent us COVID-19 vaccines, which have already been used. We will also negotiate with China [to obtain more vaccines].”

After Myanmar experienced a second wave of COVID-19 in August last year, the National League for Democracy government began to implement a nationwide vaccination program on Jan. 27, days before the military coup on Feb. 1. Health-care staff and volunteer medical workers were the first to receive shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated by India.

The military regime continued to administer vaccinations using vaccines donated by China.

The regime claimed in May that more than 1.7 million citizens had received two jabs.


You may also like these stories:

Dozens of Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Chin State Clashes

COVID-19 Cases Spike at Myanmar’s Most Famous Beach Resort

Myanmar Regime Threatens Foreign Media With Lawsuits for Calling It ‘Junta’

Your Thoughts …
Tags: ChinacoronavirusCOVID-19IndiainfectionsjuntaMilitarynew casespositiverateregimeRussiatestingvaccines
The Irrawaddy

The Irrawaddy

...

Similar Picks:

Exodus: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Troops Face Last Stand in Kokang
Burma

Exodus: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Troops Face Last Stand in Kokang

by Hein Htoo Zan
November 28, 2023
98.5k

Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army troops are opening roads and pathways through forests for people to flee Kokang’s capital as...

Read moreDetails
Enter the Dragon, Exit the Junta: Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance makes Chinese New Year Vow
Burma

Enter the Dragon, Exit the Junta: Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance makes Chinese New Year Vow

by The Irrawaddy
February 12, 2024
44.8k

Ethnic armed grouping says it will continue Operation 1027 offensive until goal of ousting the junta is achieved. 

Read moreDetails
Drone Attack at Myanmar-China Border Gate Causes Over $14m in Losses
Business

Drone Attack at Myanmar-China Border Gate Causes Over $14m in Losses

by The Irrawaddy
November 27, 2023
38.6k

Jin San Jiao is latest northern Shan State trade hub in crosshairs of ethnic Brotherhood Alliance.

Read moreDetails
Arakan Army Captures Myanmar Junta Brigade General in Chin State Rout: Report
Burma

Arakan Army Captures Myanmar Junta Brigade General in Chin State Rout: Report

by The Irrawaddy
January 15, 2024
36.6k

Rakhine-based armed group has reportedly detained the chief of 19th Military Operations Command after seizing his base in Paletwa Township.

Read moreDetails
Brotherhood Alliance Marching Towards Capital of Myanmar’s Kokang Region
Burma

Brotherhood Alliance Marching Towards Capital of Myanmar’s Kokang Region

by The Irrawaddy
November 25, 2023
31k

Chinese embassy urges citizens to flee Laukkai Town as ethnic armies prepare to drive Myanmar junta troops from Kokang’s capital.

Read moreDetails
AA Urges Myanmar Junta Troops to Surrender as Western Command Burns
War Against the Junta

AA Urges Myanmar Junta Troops to Surrender as Western Command Burns

by The Irrawaddy
December 18, 2024
25.4k

Ethnic army reportedly poised to capture regime’s last stronghold in Rakhine State.

Read moreDetails
Load More
Next Post
NLD information secretary Monywa Aung Shin. / The Irrawaddy

Wife Fears for the Fate of Snr NLD Leader Detained by Myanmar Regime

Ko Nathan Maung / Nathan Maung’s Facebook

Released Myanmar Editor with US Citizenship Fears for Other Detainees

No Result
View All Result

Recommended

What the ‘Snake Charmer’ Analogy Gets Wrong About Myanmar

What the ‘Snake Charmer’ Analogy Gets Wrong About Myanmar

5 days ago
1.6k
Myanmar Crisis Spells Opportunity for U.S.-India Cooperation

Myanmar Crisis Spells Opportunity for U.S.-India Cooperation

2 days ago
843

Most Read

  • More Than 20,000 Displaced As Myanmar Junta Burns Homes Around World Heritage Site

    More Than 20,000 Displaced As Myanmar Junta Burns Homes Around World Heritage Site

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Myanmar Junta Airstrikes Protecting Irrawaddy Flotilla Kill 20

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Myanmar Crisis Spells Opportunity for U.S.-India Cooperation

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Myanmar Junta’s Recapture of Nawnghkio Shows Strategic Missteps by TNLA

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • The Nation Where Brave Hearts—and Martyrs—Dwell

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Newsletter

Get The Irrawaddy’s latest news, analyses and opinion pieces on Myanmar in your inbox.

Subscribe here for daily updates.

Contents

  • News
  • Politics
  • War Against the Junta
  • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
  • Conflicts In Numbers
  • Junta Crony
  • Ethnic Issues
  • Asia
  • World
  • Business
  • Economy
  • Election 2020
  • Elections in History
  • Cartoons
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Commentary
  • Guest Column
  • Analysis
  • Letters
  • In Person
  • Interview
  • Profile
  • Dateline
  • Specials
  • Myanmar Diary
  • Women & Gender
  • Places in History
  • On This Day
  • From the Archive
  • Myanmar & COVID-19
  • Intelligence
  • Myanmar-China Watch
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Food
  • Fashion & Design
  • Videos
  • Photos
  • Photo Essay
  • Donation

About The Irrawaddy

Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, organization or government. We believe that media must be free and independent and we strive to preserve press freedom.

  • Copyright
  • Code of Ethics
  • Privacy Policy
  • Team
  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Burmese

© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Business
    • Economy
    • Business Roundup
  • Books
  • Donation

© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.