On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) announced the discover of 230 new coronavirus infections. The COVID count has now increase to 988,295 as a result. In addition, 102 individuals had SARS-CoV-2 antigen test results that were positive.
The MoHP has also noted 2 COVID-19 related fatalities in the last 24 hours. The ministry recorded 184 fatalities on May 19, the highest day total. As of Wednesday, 12,009 people had died countrywide as a result of COVID-19. In Nepal, there are now 2,505 active cases.
In the meanwhile, there have been 49 cases reported in the last day in only the three districts of the Kathmandu valley. According to the information provided by the MoHP, Kathmandu had 42 instances, Lalitpur had 4, and Bhaktapur has 3 cases.
In the previous 24 hours, 78 COVID-19 patients have made a full recovery. According to the information provided by the MoHP, 983,781 individuals have recovered from the viral illness as of Wednesday. At the moment, the survival rate is 98.6% and the mortality rate is 1.2%.
5,900,167 individuals had taken the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test as of Wednesday.
The new coronavirus has been linked to 611,439,650 infections globally, while COVID-19 has been responsible for at least 6,507,407 fatalities since an epidemic began in Wuhan, China, in 2019 December.