Nepal on Sunday reported 11 more Covid-19-related fatalities, pushing the death toll to 1,788. The country also recorded 588 new cases.
The overall infection tally has reached 253,772 with 8,320 active cases.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 243,664 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; of them 1,097 in the past 24 hours.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 238 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of them, 179 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 33 in Lalitpur and 26 in Bhaktapur.
As of Sunday, the number of confirmed cases in the Valley has reached 118,111. While Kathmandu has reported 454 Covid-19-related fatalities so far, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur have recorded 142 and 97 deaths respectively.
According to the ministry, 891 individuals from Bagmati Province, 224 from Lumbini Province, 211 from Province 1, 209 from Province 2, 177 from Gandaki Province, 52 from Sudurpaschim Province, and 24 from Karnali Province have died of Covid-19 so far.
As of Sunday, 1,870,830 PCR tests have been carried out across the country.
A total of 4,620 PCR tests were performed in the past 24 hours, according to the data released by the ministry.
In the past 24 hours, 45 new infections were reported in Province 1, eight in Province 2, and 271 in Bagmati Province.
Similarly, Gandaki, Lumbini and Sudurpaschim provinces reported 58, 91 and 115 cases respectively. Karnali Province did not report any cases today.
Two districts—Kathmandu and Lalitpur—have more than 500 active cases. Manang and Mugu do not have any active case, according to the ministry.
While 265 individuals infected with the virus are being treated in intensive care units across the country, 51 others—26 in Bagmati Province, 11 in Gandaki, four in Province 2, three each in Lumbini and Karnali, and two each in Province 1 and Sudurpaschim—are on ventilator support.
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