Two more Covid-19 deaths reported in Myanmar

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YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar confirmed two more death cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday (April 8), bringing the number of deaths to three in total, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry.

The 47-year-old man, one of the four confirmed patients in Bago region, died of respiratory failure with septicemia due to Covid-19 and hypertension at 3.40am local time at Pyay General Hospital in Bago region, the ministry's release said.

He passed away after a week since he tested positive on April 2, along with his other family members as they were in close contact with his wife, a nurse who also tested positive while working at a private health clinic in Yangon. Also, a 63-year-old woman passed away at 10.05am local time on the same day while being treated at Intensive Care Unit of Waibargi hospital in Yangon as she tested positive on April 1 after recently welcoming her son back from Dubai.

According to the ministry's release, acute myocardial infarct, severe pneumonia and underlying type-2 diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease and ischemic heart disease are claimed as the causes of death of the woman. The country confirmed its first death of a patient who was among those people tested positive for Covid-19 on March 31.

 

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