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National Covid-19 tally reaches 272,945 with 105 new infections
According to the Health Ministry, the country did not record any Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours.Post Report
Nepal did not record any Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population said on Tuesday.
The ministry had reported one death on Monday while no Covid-19-related fatalities were recorded on Sunday and Saturday. The country’s overall death toll due to the Covid-19 related complications stands at 2,055.
In the past 24 hours, the ministry said, the country reported 105 new coronavirus infections, pushing the overall infection number to 272,945.
According to the ministry, 269,303 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; of them 99 in the past 24 hours.
The active case count stands at 1,587.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 47 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of them, 37 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, six in Lalitpur and four in Bhaktapur.
As of Tuesday, the number of confirmed cases in the Valley has reached 127,652. While Kathmandu has reported 502 Covid-19-related fatalities so far, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur have recorded 163 and 115 deaths respectively.
According to the ministry, 1,006 individuals from Bagmati Province, 292 from Lumbini Province, 230 from Province 1, 220 from Province 2, 213 from Gandaki Province, 67 from Sudurpaschim Province, and 27 from Karnali Province have died of Covid-19 so far.
As of Tuesday, 2,123,951 PCR tests have been carried out across the country.
A total of 3,360 PCR tests were performed in the past 24 hours, according to the data released by the ministry.
In the past 24 hours, 68 new infections were recorded in Bagmati Province, 21 in Gandaki Province, 12 in Lumbini Province, two in Province 1 and one each in Province 2 and Sudurpaschim Province. Karnali Province did not record any new cases today.
While Kathmandu has more than 500 active cases, Bhojpur, Solukhumbu, Mustang, Rukum (West), Mugu and Achham districts do not have any active cases, according to the ministry.
Until Tuesday, 63 individuals infected with the virus were being treated in intensive care units across the country, 13 others—eight in Bagmati, three in Lumbini and two in Gandaki—were on ventilator support.
Nepal had recorded one Covid-19-related death and 122 new cases on Monday. Similarly, 104 new Covid-19 infections were recorded on Sunday while 57 new infections were recorded in the country on Saturday.
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