COVID-19 update: 16 deaths, 10,000 plus test positive in 20,000 tests

Kathmandu: In the last 24 hours, 10,254 persons were tested positive for coronavirus while 16 persons lost lives to the contagion.

The Ministry of Health and Population shared the information that 20,187 persons underwent tests in this period. With this, the number of active infections reached 72,862 in the country. In the latest update, 708 persons got recovery from the infection. The recovery so far has reached 820,283. The recovery rate is 90.7 per cent now. 16 persons die of contagion In the last 24 hours, 16 persons lost lives to the contagion. It reached the total number of deaths to 11,651.

Similarly, the number of districts having more than 500 cases of infection has reached 15. They are Morang, Sunsari, Jhapa, Dhanusha, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Chitwan, Makwapur, Kavre, Kaski, Nawalparasi Purva, Banke, Rupandehi and Kailali. The districts having more than 200 cases of infection are Parsa, Bara, Mahottari, Saptari, Sarlahi, Siraha, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha, Tanahu, Syangja, Baglung, Dang, Surkhet and Kanchanpur. The infection rate is 17.7 per cent. Currently, there are 71,261 infected persons at home isolation, 1,601 in institutional isolation, 210 in ICU and 37 in ventilator support.

In the last 24 hours, 196,857 persons were vaccinated against coronavirus. So far, more than 16 million received the first dose of the anti-COVID vaccine while 12 million-plus got the full dose. The number of people receiving booster doses has reached 142,589.