Nepal did not record any Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population said on Monday. This is the third day in a row the country has reported zero deaths due to complications caused by the coronavirus disease.
The country’s overall death toll due to the Covid-19 related complications stands at 2,061.
In the past 24 hours, the ministry said, the country reported 125 new coronavirus infections, pushing the overall infection number to 273,556.
According to the ministry, 269,966 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; of them 90 in the past 24 hours.
The active case count stands at 1,529.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 52 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of them, 42 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, six in Bhaktapur and four in Lalitpur.
As of Monday, the number of confirmed cases in the Valley has reached 127,943. While Kathmandu has reported 504 Covid-19-related fatalities so far, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur have recorded 164 and 115 deaths respectively.
According to the ministry, 1,009 individuals from Bagmati Province, 292 from Lumbini Province, 230 from Province 1, 220 from Province 2, 216 from Gandaki Province, 67 from Sudurpaschim Province, and 27 from Karnali Province have died of Covid-19 so far.
As of Monday, 2,143,315 PCR tests have been carried out across the country.
A total of 3,681 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, 25 in Gandaki Province, 21 in Lumbini Province, six in Sudurpaschim Province, four in Province 2, and one in Province 1.
While Kathmandu has more than 500 active cases, Panchthar, Bhojpur, Solukhumbu, Mustang, Rukum (West), Mugu and Achham districts do not have any active cases, according to the ministry.
Until Monday, 43 individuals infected with the virus were being treated in intensive care units across the country, 11 others—five in Bagmati, three in Gandaki, two in Lumbini and one in Sudurpaschim—were on ventilator support.
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