COVID-19 update: tally climbs to 36,456 with 927 new cases; 415 cases in Valley

Kathmandu / Aug. 28: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Friday confirmed 927 new cases of COVID-19.

In 10,229 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 927 persons, 334 females and 593 males, were found with the virus infection, said Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing on Friday.

The new cases were detected in various districts including Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur , Ilam, Udayapur, Okhadhunga, Jhapa, Panchthar, Morang, Sankhuwasabha, Sunsari, Solukhumbu, Dhanusa, Parsa, Bara, Mahottari, Rautahat, Saptari, Sarlahi, Siraha, Kavre, Chitwan, Dhading, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Makwanpur, Sindhupalchowk, Kaski, Gorkha, Sindhuli, Tanahun, Nawalparasi (East), Lamjung, Baglung, Argakhanchi, Kapilvastu, Dang, Bnke, Bardiya, Rupandehi, Jumla, Dailekh, Salyan, Kanchanpur, Kailali and Doti.

Meanwhile, 169 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment at 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 56 per cent.

Currently, there 16,019 are active cases of COVID-19, of which 9,573 are in institutional isolation and 6,446 are in home isolation. Some 8,939 persons, mostly those who have returned from abroad, are placed in quarantine.

Of the active cases, 164 patients are admitted to ICU and 22 are receiving treatment in ventilator facility.

With this, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 36,456 including 20,242 cases of recovery.

Valley Records Highest Single-Day Tally With 415 New COVID-19 Cases

The MoHP confirmed new 415 cases of COVID-19 in Kathmandu Valley on Friday. This is the highest single-day tally recorded in the Valley until now.

Of the 415 new cases, 350 were detected in Kathmandu, 54 were found in Bhaktapur and 11 were traced in Lalitpur, said Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

The number of active cases in Lalitpur has crossed 500.