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Nepal’s Covid-19 tally reaches 17,844 with 186 new cases
Health Ministry says 66.51 percent of the infected people have recovered and there are 5,936 active cases in the country.Post Report
Nepal on Monday reported 186 new cases of Covid-19, taking the national tally to 17,844.
“There were 4,216 real-time polymerase chain reaction tests carried out at 27 labs across the country of which 186 samples tested positive,” said Dr Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, during his daily press briefing.
Throat swabs of 46 individuals from Bara, 40 from Doti, 23 from Sarlahi, nine from Saptari, eight from Kaski, seven from Rukum (East), six each from Dang and Sunsari, four each from Parsa, Rolpa, Solukhumbu and Surkhet, three each from Jhapa and Salyan, two each from Banke, Dailekh, Dhanusha, Kathmandu and Tanahun and one each from Humla, Ilam, Kailali, Kalikot, Lalitpur, Lamjung, Morang, Siraha and Syangja tested positive.
The ministry said 11,868 Covid patients, or 66.51 percent of the total cases, have been discharged so far with 173 sent home in the past 24 hours.
As many as 319,872 PCR tests have been carried out in the country so far. Seven districts—Bhojpur, Panchthar, Sankhuwasabha, Dhankuta, Manang, Mustang and Humla—don’t have any active cases, Gautam said.
Nepal had reported 156 new cases on Sunday and 57 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday. The country reported 40th Covid-19 related death and 101 new cases on Friday whereas 167 new cases were confirmed on Thursday and 39th Covid-19 related death and 116 new cases on Wednesday. There were 116 cases recorded on Tuesday.
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