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Nepal reports 200 new COVID cases, one death on Sunday

Nationwide COVID tally hits 822,592; death toll reaches 11,541


Nepalnews
2021 Dec 05, 16:37, Kathmandu

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Sunday confirmed the detection of 200 new cases of coronavirus infection. With this, the COVID count has reached 818,307. Additionally, five persons have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the antigen test.

Likewise, the MoHP has recorded one death from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The ministry on May 19 recorded 246 deaths, the highest daily number. As of Sunday, the nationwide death toll from COVID-19 has reached 11,541. Presently, there are 6,507 active cases in Nepal.

Meanwhile, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have recorded 103 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathmandu logged 63 cases, Lalitpur logged 34 cases and Bhaktapur logged six cases, as per the data released by the MoHP.

As many as 436 patients of COVID-19 have recovered in the past 24 hours. As of Sunday, a total of 804,544 people have recovered from the viral disease, the data released by the MoHP showed. Presently, the recovery rate stands at 97.8 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.4 per cent.

Earlier, the MoHP Saturday had reported 220 cases of coronavirus infection that had taken the nationwide tally to 822,392.

As of Sunday, a total of 4,662,680 people have undergone the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Presently, there are 6,507 people staying in isolation while 97 others have been placed in quarantine in the country.

More than 264.91 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide while at least 5,546,000 people have died from COVID-19, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in 2019-December, COVID-19 Global tracker data shown by Reuters. It has been reported that COVID-19 infections are still rising in 54 countries where The United States is the new hotspot of COVID-19 facing a daily surge of rapid infections.


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