Covid-19 caseload spikes to 28,938 with 681 new cases, 159 cases in Kathmandu

Kathmandu / Aug. 19: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed 681 new cases of COVID-19 today.

In 11,522 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 681 persons, 216 females and 465 males, were found with the virus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

The new cases were detected in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Okhaldhunga, Jhapa, Panchthar, Morang, Sunsari, Dhanusa, Parsa, Bara, Mahottari, Rautahat, Saptari, Sarlahi, Siraha, Chitwan, Dhading, Kaski, Gorkha, Tanahun, Nawalparasi (East), Lamjung, Kapilvastu, Dang, Nawalparasi (West), Palpa, Pyuthan, Bardiya, Banke, Rupandehi, Jumla, Dolpa, Dailekh, Salyan, Surkhet, Achcham, Kailali and Doti.

Meanwhile, 120 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment in various health facilities across the nation were discharged in the last 24 hours after recovering from the virus infection. The recovery rate now stands at 61.2 per cent.

Currently, there are 11,118 active cases of COVID-19 of which, 7,987 are in institutional isolation and 3,131 are in home isolation. As many as 13,571 persons, mostly those who have returned from abroad have been placed in quarantine.

Some 131 COVID-19 patients across the nation are admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and six patients are receiving ventilator facility.

With this, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 28,938 including 17,700 cases of recovery and 120 death cases.

159 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Kathmandu valley

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed 159 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley today.

In 11,522 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 159 persons, 54 females and 114 males, were found with the virus infection in the Valley itself, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

Of the 159 new cases of virus infection, 134 persons including 45 females and 99 males were detected with the SARS-CoV-2 infection in Kathmandu. Likewise, 17 persons including seven females and 10 males were found with the virus infection in Lalitpur and eight cases of COVID-19 including two females and six males were identified in Bhaktapur.

Meanwhile, 681 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection were detected across the nation on Wednesday, taking the national caseload to 28,938 including 17,700 cases of recovery and 120 death cases.