The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Wednesday confirmed the detection of 220 new cases of coronavirus infection. With this, the COVID count has reached 827,972. Additionally, 11 persons have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the antigen test.
Likewise, the MoHP has recorded 2 deaths 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 11,590. Presently, there are 4,864 active cases in Nepal.
Meanwhile, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have recorded 123 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathmandu logged 92 cases, Lalitpur logged 18 cases and Bhaktapur logged 13 cases, as per the data released by the MoHP.
As many as 253 patients of COVID-19 have recovered in the past 24 hours. As of Wednesday, a total of 811,518 people have recovered from the viral disease, the data released by the MoHP showed. Presently, the recovery rate stands at 97.9 percent while the fatality rate is 1.4 percent.
Earlier, the MoHP Tuesday confirmed the detection of 230 new cases of coronavirus infection.
As of Wednesday, a total of 4,844,656 people have undergone the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Presently, there are 4,864 people staying in isolation while 98 others have been placed in quarantine in the country.
More than 283.223 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide while at least 5,431,077 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 59 countries where The United States is the new hotspot of COVID-19 facing a daily surge of rapid infections.
