COVID-19 Update: Nepal Confirms 8 New Cases And 16 Recoveries

COVID-19 Update: Nepal Confirms 8 New Cases And 16 Recoveries

May 23, 2022, 4:44 p.m.

With 8 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 979,074.

According to Ministry of Health and Population, in 2233 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 8 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.

Likewise, in 536 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours two cases are detected positive.

Currently, there are 133 active cases of COVID-19 across the nation while 141patients are placed in home isolation.

Meanwhile, 16 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 966961 cases of recovery, and the recovery rate is at 98.8 per cent.

The MoHP on Monday reported no COVID-19 related fatalities to the nation's COVID-19 death toll, which has now reached 11,952.

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