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Nepal’s Covid-19 tally reaches 4,364 with 279 new cases on Wednesday
Rautahat reported the highest number of cases in the last 24 hours with 53 new infections, according to the Health Ministry.Post Report
The number of Covid-19 cases in the country has reached 4,364 with the Health Ministry confirming 279 new cases on Wednesday.
In a regular press briefing on Wednesday, Dr Jageshwor Gautam, the ministry spokesperson, said that Rautahat had reported the highest infections in the last 24 hours with 53 cases.
“Samples of 48 individuals from Kapilvastu, 27 from Sarlahi, 25 from Dailekh, 16 from Dhading, 12 each from Palpa and Kailali, and 11 from Dhanusa tested positive during tests conducted at different labs across the country,” said Gautam.
“Similarly, nine cases from Surkhet, eight from Morang, seven from Rupandehi, six each from Pyuthan and Saptari, five each from Jhapa and Nawalparasi (West), four each from Udaypur and Gorkha, three each from Banke, Nawalparasi (East) and Jajarkot, two each from Chitwan, Kanchanpur and Sindhupalchowk and one each from Bardiya, Darchula, Dadeldhura, Nuwakot, Achham and Siraha also tested positive,” he said.
On Tuesday, 323 new cases and 15th death were confirmed while on Monday, Nepal confirmed its 14th Covid-19 death and 314 new cases. There were 213 new infections confirmed on Sunday. Likewise, 323 new infections and two deaths were confirmed on Saturday and one death and 201 new cases were reported on Wednesday.
According to the ministry, people from 72 districts have now contracted the coronavirus.
Kapilvastu has so far reported 617 cases, the highest for a district, followed by Rautahat with 479 cases while 417 cases have been reported in Sarlahi.
Similarly, Dailekh has reported 393 cases; Banke has recorded 283, Mahottari has recorded 159 cases and Dhanusa has so far reported 164 cases.
“So far, 110,744 polymerase chain reaction tests and 172,880 rapid diagnostic tests have been carried out across the country,” said Gautam.
According to Gautam, 674 people have been discharged from various hospitals after recovering with 90 people discharged in the last 24 hours.
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