MoHP reports 898 new COVID cases, 12 deaths on Thursday

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Thursday confirmed the detection of 898 new cases of coronavirus infection. With this, the COVID count has reached 795,061. Additionally, 180 persons have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the antigen test.

Likewise, the MoHP has recorded 12 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The ministry on May 19 recorded 246 deaths, the highest daily number. As of Thursday, the nationwide death toll from COVID-19 has reached 11,135. Presently, there are 18,168 active cases in Nepal.

Meanwhile, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have recorded 369 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathmandu logged 267 cases, Lalitpur logged 65 cases and Bhaktapur logged 37 cases, as per the data released by the MoHP.

As many as 911 patients of COVID-19 have recovered in the past 24 hours. As of Thursday, a total of 765,758 people have recovered from the viral disease, the data released by the MoHP showed. Presently, the recovery rate stands at 96.3 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.4 per cent.

Earlier, the MoHP Wednesday had reported 892 cases of coronavirus infection that had taken the nationwide tally to 794,163.

As of Thursday, a total of 4,205,382 people have undergone the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Presently, there are 18,168 people staying in isolation while 238 others have been placed in quarantine in the country.

Meanwhile, 2,739,614 people have been administered the first dose of Covishield vaccines and 1,529,230 have been vaccinated with the booster dose. Likewise, 4,716,770 people have been vaccinated with the first dose of the Vero Cell vaccine while 3,263,818 others have received the second dose as of September 30, 2021, the Ministry's data showed. Similarly, a total of 1,492,692 persons — 195,794 in Province 1; 325,060 in Province 2; 380,969 in Bagmati Province; 122,230 in Gandaki Province; 254,074 in Lumbini Province, 75,312 in Karnali Province, and 139,253 in Sudurpaschim Province — have been vaccinated with single-shot Janssen vaccines.

More than 233.32 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide while at least 4,980,000 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 42 countries where The United States is the new hotspot of COVID-19 facing a daily surge of rapid infections.