Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Tuesday reported 1,681 new cases of coronavirus infection. With this, the COVID count has reached 612,202. Additionally, 1,064 persons have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the antigen test.
Likewise, the Health Ministry has recorded 41 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The ministry on May 19 recorded 246 deaths, the highest daily number. As of Tuesday, the nationwide death toll from COVID-19 has reached 8,506. Presently, there are 63,257 active cases in Nepal.
Meanwhile, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have recorded 545 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathmandu registered 455 cases, Lalitpur 74 cases and Bhaktapur registered 16 cases, as per the data released by the MoHP.
As many as 4,187 patients of COVID-19 have recovered in the past 24 hours. As of Tuesday, a total of 540,439 people have recovered from the viral disease, the data released by the MoHP showed. Presently, the recovery rate stands at 88.3 per cent.
Earlier, the MoHP on Monday had reported 2,049 cases of coronavirus infection that had taken the nationwide tally to 610,521.
As of Tuesday, a total of 3,231,612 persons have undergone the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Presently, there are 63,257 persons staying in isolation while 515 others have been placed in quarantine in the country.
More than 176.45 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide while at least 3,972,993 people have died from COVID-19, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December, a Reuters tally showed as of 5:16 pm, on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
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