Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Monday reported 2,049 new cases of coronavirus infection. With this, the COVID count has reached 610,521. Additionally, 869 persons have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the antigen test.
Likewise, the Health Ministry has recorded 53 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 8,465. Presently, there are 65,804 active cases in Nepal.
Meanwhile, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have recorded 607 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathmandu registered 396 cases, Lalitpur 145 cases and Bhaktapur registered 66 cases, as per the data released by the MoHP.
As many as 5,147 patients of COVID-19 have recovered in the past 24 hours. As of Monday, a total of 536,252 people have recovered from the viral disease, the data released by the MoHP showed. Presently, the recovery rate stands at 87.8 per cent.
Earlier, the MoHP on Sunday had reported 1,694 cases of coronavirus infection that had taken the nationwide tally to 610,521.
As of Monday, a total of 3,224,163 persons have undergone the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Presently, there are 65,804 persons staying in isolation while 531 others have been placed in quarantine in the country.
More than 175.86 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide while at least 3,955,633 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 Monday, June 14, 2021.
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