Record 9,841 COVID-19 Recoveries In 24 Hours, 6,855 New Infections, 96 Fatalities

Kathmandu / May 28: With 6,855 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 549,111.

In 19,313 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 6,855 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily update.

Likewise, out of 797 antigen tests done on the last day, the virus infection was detected in 96 people.

Currently, there are 113,394 active cases of COVID-19 across the nation of which, 7,950 are admitted to various institutional isolations and 105,444 are placed in home isolation. Likewise, 809 people mostly those who had returned from abroad, are placed in quarantine.

Of the active patients, 1,627 are admitted to the ICU, and 450 are under treatment with the ventilator facility.

Meanwhile, 9,841 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment in institutional isolation or staying in home isolation recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours. Nepal has now recorded 428,670 cases of recovery and the recovery rate is 78.1 per cent.

The Ministry of Health and Population on Friday added 96 fatalities to the nation’s COVID-19 death toll, which has now reached 7,047.