Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Saturday reported 1,688 new cases of coronavirus infection. With this, the COVID count has reached 619,635. Additionally, 713 persons have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the antigen test.
Likewise, the Health Ministry has recorded 34 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The ministry on May 19 recorded 246 deaths, the highest daily number. As of Saturday, the nationwide death toll from COVID-19 has reached 8,675. Presently, there are 57,618 active cases in Nepal.
Meanwhile, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have recorded 337 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathmandu registered 201 cases, Lalitpur 92 cases and Bhaktapur registered 44 cases, as per the data released by the MoHP.
As many as 3,660 patients of COVID-19 have recovered in the past 24 hours. As of Saturday, a total of 553,342 people have recovered from the viral disease, the data released by the MoHP showed. Presently, the recovery rate stands at 89.3 per cent.
Earlier, the MoHP on Friday had reported 1,963 cases of coronavirus infection that had taken the nationwide tally to 617,947.
As of Saturday, a total of 3,262,589 persons have undergone the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Presently, there are 57,618 persons staying in isolation while 441 others have been placed in quarantine in the country.
More than 177.73 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide while at least 4,005,463 people have died from COVID-19, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December, a Reuters tally showed as of 3:31 am, on Saturday, June 19, 2021.
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