COVID-19 update: 1,147 recoveries, 1,207 new cases in last 24 Hours, tally hits 71,821

Kathmandu / Sept. 26: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Saturday confirmed 1,207 new cases of COVID-19.

In 10,019 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,207 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

Meanwhile, some 1,147 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 73.8 per cent.

Currently, there are 18,341 active cases of COVID-19 of which, 7,833 patients are in institutional isolation. Some 6,331 persons, mostly those who had returned from abroad, are placed in quarantine.

724 new cases in Kathmandu valley

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Saturday confirmed 724 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

In 10,019 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 724 persons, 264 females and 460 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

Of the 724 new cases, 583 cases including 199 females and 384 males were detected in Kathmandu, 63 cases including 28 females and 35 males were found in Bhaktapur and 78 cases including 37 females and 41 males were recorded in Lalitpur.