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With 35th Covid-19 death and 180 new cases, Nepal’s tally reaches 15,964
Valley recorded 54 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours with Kathmandu district reporting 24 infections.Post Report
Nepal on Monday confirmed 35th Covid-19 death and recorded 180 new cases as the national Covid-19 tally reached 15,964.
The Ministry of Health said a 29-year-old man from Nisikhola Rural Municipality ward 3 in Baglung died of the disease on Sunday.
“The man had returned from India after receiving treatment for tuberculosis and was staying at the quarantine facility in Dhorpatan Municipality,” said ministry spokesperson Dr Jageshwor Gautam.
The ministry also confirmed 180 new cases in the last 24 hours with Kathmandu district reporting the most—24—cases.
“Samples of 20 individuals from Lalitpur, 11 from Lamjung, 10 from Bhaktapur, eight each from Saptari and Kailali, seven from Kaski, six each from Sarlahi, Rautahat and Baglung, five each from Jhapa, Nawalparasi (West), Makwanpur, Gorkha and Dadeldhura, four each from Chitwan, Kavre, Palpa and Pyuthan, three each from Siraha, Khotang, Okhaldhunga and Sindhupalchok, two each from Sindhuli, Sunsari, Dang, Dolakha and Gorkha, and one each from Nuwakot, Bara, Dhading, Kaski, Nawalparasi (East), Sankhuwasabha, Taplejung, Argakhanchi, Udaypur, Jajarkot and Jumla also tested positive," said Dr Gautam.
The ministry said a total of 6,811 individuals have recovered from the disease with 264 recovering in the past 24 hours.
The Health Ministry confirmed 293 new cases on Sunday while two more Covid-19 related deaths and 232 new cases were reported on Saturday. The country recorded one death and 740 cases, the highest in a single day, on Friday while one death and 473 new cases were reported on Thursday.
The ministry said that 4,721 PCR tests were carried out in the last 24 hours at various labs across the country.
“So far, 255,728 polymerase chain reaction tests have been conducted across the country,” said Gautam.
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