Arakan State’s Covid-19 death toll for November stands at four 

27 Nov 2021

DMG Newsroom
27 November 2021, Sittwe 

Four coronavirus patients have died in Arakan State during November as the month draws to a close, according to the state’s Covid-19 control committee, with the pandemic’s third wave in Myanmar receding even as global concerns grow about the new omicron variant. 

One Covid-19 patient died on November 13, another two died on November 15 in Thandwe Township, and one more died on November 26 in Ramree Township, the Arakan State Covid-19 Control and Emergency Response Committee said. 

The deceased Covid-19 patient in Ramree Township was a 33-year-old woman who was provided treatment at Kyaukphyu Township General Hospital, said U Japan Gyi, chair of the Lay Waddy Kula Rakhita Charity Association, who is assisting Covid-19 patients in the area. 

“She died two days after arriving at Kyaukphyu Hospital. She was suffering from hypertension and diabetes. There’d been no death from Covid-19 in more than a month in Kyaukphyu,” he said. 

He said that although Covid-19 infections have declined in Arakan State, people still need to be wary of contracting the deadly virus. 

There have been 5,159 confirmed Covid-19 cases during the pandemic’s third wave in Arakan State, with 4,637 of them discharged from hospitals and 498 deaths statewide as of November 26, according to the Arakan State Covid-19 Control and Emergency Response Committee. 

Twenty-four patients are currently receiving medical treatment in Arakan State; 17 in Sittwe, four in Thandwe, two in Gwa and one in Ann townships.