Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Wednesday reported 3,449 new cases of coronavirus infection. With this, the COVID count has reached 598,813. Additionally, 895 persons have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the antigen test.
Likewise, the Health Ministry has recorded 81 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The ministry on May 19 recorded 246 deaths, the highest daily number. As of Wednesday, the nationwide death toll from COVID-19 has reached 8,179. Presently, there are 80,336 active cases in Nepal.
Meanwhile, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have recorded 915 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathmandu registered 679 cases, Lalitpur 151 cases and Bhaktapur registered 85 cases, as per the data released by the MoHP.
As many as 5,768 patients of COVID-19 have recovered in the past 24 hours. As of Wednesday, a total of 510,298 people have recovered from the viral disease, the data released by the MoHP showed. Presently, the recovery rate stands at 85.2 per cent.
Earlier, the MoHP on Tuesday had reported 3,870 cases of coronavirus infection that had taken the nationwide tally to 595,364.
As of Wednesday, a total of 3,179,203 persons have undergone the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Presently, there are 80,336 persons staying in isolation while 634 others have been placed in quarantine in the country.
More than 174.20 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide while at least 3,899,660 people have died from COVID-19, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December, a Reuters tally showed as of 6:11 pm, on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
The World Health Organisation referred to it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
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