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Myanmar Reports 41 New COVID-19 Deaths, Setting Daily Record

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October 5, 2020
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A medic collects a swab at a fever clinic in downtown Yangon in September. / Htet Wai / The Irrawaddy

A medic collects a swab at a fever clinic in downtown Yangon in September. / Htet Wai / The Irrawaddy

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YANGON—Myanmar saw a record high number of COVID-19 fatalities on Sunday with 41 new deaths, bringing the Southeast Asian country’s official death toll to 412—the third highest in ASEAN after Indonesia and the Philippines.

Sunday’s daily death toll was the highest Myanmar has reported since it detected its first case of the coronavirus in late March.

As of Sunday evening, the country had reported a total of 17,794 cases, the fourth highest among the 10 ASEAN countries, following the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore.

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