KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry, in its regular press briefing, shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, and government’s response to the health crisis.
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Till date, 1,727,836 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method have been carried out wherein 8,008 tests were performed in the last 24 hours.
At present, there are 632 people under quarantine in various facilities across the country. The number of active cases in Nepal is 17,909.
1,255 new cases of the coronavirus infection were registered today taking the national tally to 231,978.
As many as 1,404 persons earlier diagnosed with the disease have tested negative in the last 24 hours. With the recent addition, the national COVID-19 recovery tally has now reached 212,590.
Meanwhile, 25 more fatalities were confirmed by the Ministry today, with which the country’s COVID-19 death tally has now reached 1,479.
As of today, the country has witnessed 231,978 cases of the coronavirus infection while 212,590 people have recovered from the disease. Meanwhile, 1,479 COVID-19 fatalities have been confirmed.
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