COVID-19 update: 1,304 new cases, 2,073 recoveries and 21 fatalities in 24 hours

Kathmandu, Dec. 1: With 1,304 new cases of novel coronavirus confirmed on Tuesday, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 234,756.

“As many as 1,304 persons were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its update.

Meanwhile, 2,073 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment institutional isolation or staying in home isolation recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours. Nepal has now recorded 216,594 cases of recoveries.

Moreover, as many as 21 people succumbed to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours and with this, the national COVID-19 related death tally has reached 1,529.

530 new cases in Kathmandu valley

As many as 530 new cases of coronavirus infection surfaced in the three districts of the Kathmandu valley, today.

Of the total cases, 409 were reported in the capital alone while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur registered 85 and 36 infections respectively.

240 of the infected are females and 290 are males.

Currently, there are 6806 active infections in Kathmandu. The number of similar cases in Lalitpur is 1361 and that in Bhaktapur is 604. The total active cases throughout Nepal, as of today, is 16633.

So far, 386 fatalities from Covid have been reported in Kathmandu, 93 in Bhaktapur and 114 in Lalitpur. The nationwide death toll is 1529.

The three districts of the valley along with Kaski, Jhapa and Morang have over 500 active cases. Likewise, Manang and Dolpa are the only two districts with zero live infections at present.