Risk Assessment Report – 31 august 2020


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Risk Assessment Report – 31 august 2020


Rapid Risk Assessment

August 31, 2020

Risk Assessment Report – 31 august 2020

Time Period Covered August 31, 2020 - August 31, 2020

  • Worldwide, there have been over 25.3 million cases and more than 848,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
  • Rakhine state in Myanmar has been seeing an increasing number of local cases since August 16 and all townships of the state are now under the stay-athome order, as part of the measures to curb the spread of the disease. According to the Ministry of Health and Sports, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 749 as of August 30 with 16 new COVID-19 confirmed cases (10 local transmission cases and six imported cases).
  • The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines continued to rise, with 4284 more cases reported on Sunday (August 30), bringing the country's total COVID-19 cases to 217,396. Of the country's total cases, 56,473 are active cases, of which 91.3% have mild symptoms, 6.1% are asymptomatic, 1.1% are severe, and 1.6% are critical.