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COVID-19 Update: 1,325 new cases, 966 recoveries, tally stands at 64,122



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By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Sept. 20: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Sunday confirmed 1,325 new cases of COVID-19.

In 9,584 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,325 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

Meanwhile, some 966 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment at various health facilities across the nation were discharged in the last 24 hours after recovering from the virus infection. The recovery rate now stands at 72 per cent.

Currently, there are 17,478 active cases of COVID-19 of which, 9,071 patients are in institutional isolation and 8,407 are in home isolation. Some 7,451 persons, mostly those who had returned from abroad, are placed in quarantine.

Of the active patients, 190 are in ICU and  36 are receiving treatment with the ventilator facility.

With this, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 64,122 including 46,233 cases of recovery and 411 death cases.