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Twelve more deaths take Nepal’s Covid-19 toll to 207; tally reaches 37,340 with 884 new infections
According to the health ministry, Kathmandu Valley reported 186 new cases and six deaths in the last 24 hours.Post Report
Twelve more people died due to Covid-19-related ailments in Nepal on Saturday, taking the toll to 207. With 884 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, the national tally rose to 37,340.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 186 new infections, with 155 cases in Kathmandu district, 19 in Lalitpur and 12 in Bhaktapur, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.
According to the Ministry, nine men and three women succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours
“A 51-year-old woman and a 83 year-old man from Kathmandu; two men aged 72 and 61 from Lalitpur, two men from Parsa aged 48 and 49; a 62-year-old woman and another 82-year-old man from Bhaktapur, a 30-year-old woman from Palpa, a 84-year-old man from Siraha and another 38-year-old man from Kaski were the latest casualties ,” said spokesperson Dr Jageshwar Gautam, during a regular press briefing.
According to the ministry, 81 individuals from Province 2, forty-eight from Bagmati Province, 28 from Province 5, twenty-four from Province 1, twelve from Gandaki Province, 10 from Sudurpaschim province, and four from Karnali have died due to Covid-19-related conditions so far.
“A total of 11,516 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were carried out in the past 24 hours,”said Gautam. So far, 669,626 PCR tests have been performed in the country.
Samples of 155 individuals from Kathmandu, 83 from Sarlahi, 73 from Parsa, 57 from Chitwan, 49 from Dhanusa, 31 from Morang, 29 from Lamjung, 26 each from Mahottari and Bajhang; 24 from Sunsari, 23 from Nawalparasi (East), 22 from Siraha, 21 each from Bara and Baitadi; 20 each from Jhapa and Banke, 19 each from Dhankuta, Kavrepalanchok, Lalitpur, Dang and Kailali; 17 from Kanchanpur, 16 from Rupandehi, 12 from Bhaktapur, 10 each from Nawalparasi (West) and Surkhet; nine each from Dhading and Makwanpur; five from Rautahat, three each from Sankhuwasabha, Kaski and Darchula; two each from Saptari and Kapilvastu and one each from Ilam, Dolakha, Sindhupalchok, Gulmi, Jajarkot, Jumla, Dailekh and Rukum (West) tested positive for the coronavirus.
So far, 20,555 individuals have successfully recovered from the infection. According to the ministry, 313 Covid patients were discharged from various hospitals in the last 24 hours.
There are currently 16,578 active cases in the country.
Gautam said, “175 patients are being treated in intensive care units across the country and 22 patients— 17 from Bagmati, three from Province 1 and two from Province 5—are on ventilator support.”
Two districts—Mustang and Humla—don’t have any active cases, according to the ministry.
Nepal had reported 927 new Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths on Friday. The ministry had reported eight Covid-19-related deaths and 1,111 new cases, the most in a single day, on Thursday compared to 11 deaths and 885 new cases on Wednesday and seven deaths and 855 new cases on Tuesday. There were eight deaths and 743 new cases on Monday.
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