The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Monday confirmed the detection of 1,642 new cases of coronavirus infection. With this, the COVID count has reached 668,751. Additionally, 803 persons have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the antigen test.
Likewise, the MoHP has recorded 32 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The ministry on May 19 recorded 246 deaths, the highest daily number. As of Monday, the nationwide death toll from COVID-19 has reached 9,582. Presently, there are 25,837 active cases in Nepal.
Meanwhile, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have recorded 474 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathmandu logged 330 cases, Lalitpur logged 56 cases and Bhaktapur logged 88 cases, as per the data released by the MoHP.
As many as 1,258 patients of COVID-19 have recovered in the past 24 hours. As of Monday, a total of 633,332 people have recovered from the viral disease, the data released by the MoHP showed. Presently, the recovery rate stands at 94.7 per cent.
As of Monday, a total of 3,477,518 persons have undergone the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Presently, there are 25,837 persons staying in isolation while 304 others have been placed in quarantine in the country.
More than 190.47 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide while at least 4,254,000 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 92 countries where Indonesia is the new hotspot of COVID-19 facing a daily surge of rapid infections.
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