29 August 2020, Kathmandu
The Ministry of Health and Population has recorded 884 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. With this, the number of infected persons has reached 37,370 in Nepal.
The latest result came after the PCR tests carried out on 11,516 persons, said Spokesperson Dr. Jageshwor Gautam at the press conference on Saturday afternoon. A total of 669,626 people have undergone PRC tests in Nepal.
Among the new cases, 642 are male and 242 female.
Similarly, 20,555 persons have so far recovered so far. In the last 24 hours, 313 were recorded to free from the virus.
There are 16,578 active cases of coronavirus. Among them, 6,445 are in home isolation and 10,145 in institutional isolation.
Currently, 175 persons are undergoing treatment at the ICU ward while 22 are on ventilator support.
The Ministry recorded 12 deaths caused by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours. With this, the number of those losing battle against COVID-19 reached 207 in the country.
