Kathmandu, Sept. 1: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Tuesday confirmed 1,069 new cases of COVID-19.
In 12,088 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,069 persons, 344 females and 725 males, were found to be infected with the novel coronavirus, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.
The new cases were detected in Udayapur, Okhaldhunga, Khotang , Jhapa, Panchthar, Morang, Sunsari, Dhanusa, Parsa, Bara, Mahottari, Rautahat, Saptari, Sarlahi, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur , Lalitpur, Kavre, Chitwan, Dolakha, Dhading, Nuwakot, Makwanpur, Rasuwa Ramechhap, Sindhuli, Sindhupalchowk, Kaski, Gorkha, Tanahun, Nawalparasi, Parbat, Lamjung, Argakhanchi, Kapilvastu, Gulmi, Dang, Nawalparasi, Palpa, Pyuthan, Bardiya, Banke, Rukum (East), Rupandehi, Jumla, Dailekh, Salyan, Surkhet, Achcham, Kanchanpur, Kailali, Dadeldhura, Doti, Bajhang and Baitadi.
Meanwhile, 768 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment at various health facilities across the nation were discharged in the last 24 hours after recovering from the virus infection. The recovery rate now stands at 55 per cent.
Currently, there are 18,112 active cases of COVID-19 of which, 10,832 are in institutional isolation and 7,280 are in home isolation. Some 7,390 people, mostly those who had returned from abroad, are placed in quarantine.
Of the active COVID-19 patients, 127 are admitted to the ICU and 17 are receiving treatment with ventilator facility.
With this, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 40,529 including 22,178 cases of recovery.
11 die today
Meanwhile, altogether 11 people died of COVID-19 virus Tuesday, according to the Ministry.
A four-year-old girl and 10 males succumbed to the virus infection in the last 24 hours, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.
Mahottari’s four-year-old girl and 10 males aged 37 of Mahottari, 65 of Siraha, 53, 80 and 60 of Parsa, 60 of Bara, 52 of Chitwan, 70 and 35 of Kathmandu and 58 of Makwanpur, who were infected with the novel coronavirus, died in the last 24 hours.
With this, the COVID-19 death toll in Nepal has reached 239.
– The Rising Nepal