23 new cases, 16 recoveries in 24 hours

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, June 25: With 23 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 979,512.

In 937 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 23 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Saturday.

Likewise, the virus infection was detected in four people in 865 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours.

Currently, there are 188 active cases of COVID-19 across the nation of which, seven are admitted to institutional isolation while 181 patients are placed in home isolation. Out of which four are in ICU and no one in the ventilator. 

Meanwhile, 16 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 967,372 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.