Friday Nov 22, 2024
Friday Nov 22, 2024

MoHP records 26 new COVID cases, 0 deaths on Wednesday


Nepalnews
2022 Mar 30, 17:05, Kathmandu
Representative Image (photo via ANI)

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Wednesday confirmed the detection of 26 new cases of coronavirus infection. With this, the COVID count has reached 978,402. Additionally, 1 person has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the antigen test.

Likewise, the MoHP has recorded 0 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The ministry on May 19 recorded 184 deaths, the highest daily number. As of Friday, the nationwide death toll from COVID-19 has reached 11,951. Presently, there are 1146 active cases in Nepal.

Meanwhile, the three districts of Kathmandu valley alone have recorded 8 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathmandu logged 8 cases, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur logged no cases, as per the data released by the MoHP.

As many as 77 patients of COVID-19 have recovered in the past 24 hours. As of Wednesday, a total of 965,305 people have recovered from the viral disease, the data released by the MoHP showed. Presently, the recovery rate stands at 98.7 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.2 per cent.

As of Wednesday, a total of 5,542,767  people have undergone the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Presently, there are 1,096 people staying in isolation while 106 others have been placed in quarantine in the country.

485,592,235 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide while at least 6,157,201 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 132 countries where The United States is the new hotspot of COVID-19 facing a daily surge of rapid infections.

READ ALSO:

Ministry of Health and Population MoHP covid-19 COVID count Kathmandu nepal
Nepal's First Online News Portal
Published by Nepalnews Pvt Ltd
Editor: Raju Silwal
Information Department Registration No. 1505 / 076-77

Contact

Kathmandu, Nepal,


Newsroom
##

E-mail
nepalnewseditor@gmail.com

Terms of Use Disclaimer
© NepalNews. 2021 All rights reserved. | Nepal's First News Portal