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Myanmar reported 70 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the highest one-day tally since the virus was first detected in the country on March 23, according to the Ministry of Health and Sports.
There had been no local transmissions between July 16 and August 16, with about 200 infections detected since then. The majority of cases are residents of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, and 75% of them are asymptomatic, according to the Ministry. With the latest cases, the Southeast Asian nation’s total count reached 574.
“We have noticed the rate of infections in Rakhine State has risen quickly and expect to see many more cases in the coming two weeks,†Khin Khin Gyi, director of emerging infectious disease at the Health Ministry, said in a phone interview.
Sittwe is along the Bay of Bengal, on the western part of Myanmar and south of Bangladesh. It has a large
population of Rohingya Muslim minority.