33 new cases, 12 recoveries in 24 hours

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, June 23: With 33 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Thursday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 979,457.

In 1,234 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 33 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Thursday.

Likewise, the virus infection was detected in 16 people in 1,260 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours.

Currently, there are 163 active cases of COVID-19 across the nation of which, three are admitted to institutional isolation while 160 patients are placed in home isolation.

Meanwhile, 12 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 967,342 cases of recovery, and the recovery rate is at 98.8 per cent. 

No fatality related to COVID-19 was recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the MoHP. So far, Nepals' COVID-19 death toll has reached 11,952.