The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Friday confirmed the detection of 260 new cases of coronavirus infection. With this, the COVID count has reached 826,901. Additionally, 23 persons have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the antigen test.
Likewise, the MoHP has recorded 1 death from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The ministry on May 19 recorded 184 deaths, the highest daily number. As of Wednesday, the nationwide death toll from COVID-19 has reached 11,582. Presently, there are 5,048 active cases in Nepal.
Meanwhile, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have recorded 151 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathmandu logged 106 cases, Lalitpur logged 35 cases and Bhaktapur logged 10 cases, as per the data released by the MoHP.
As many as 349 patients of COVID-19 have recovered in the past 24 hours. As of Friday, a total of 810,271 people have recovered from the viral disease, the data released by the MoHP showed. Presently, the recovery rate stands at 98 percent while the fatality rate is 1.4 percent.
Earlier, the MoHP Thursday confirmed the detection of 293 new cases of coronavirus infection.
As of Friday, a total of 4,809,067 people have undergone the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Presently, there are 4,817 people staying in isolation while 99 others have been placed in quarantine in the country.
More than 277.52 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide while at least 5,400,933 people have died from COVID-19, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in 2019-December, COVID-19 Global tracker data shown by Reuters. It has been reported that COVID-19 infections are still rising in 60 countries where The United States is the new hotspot of COVID-19 facing a daily surge of rapid infections.
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