658 new cases, one death in 24 hours

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Aug. 22: With 658 new cases (RT-PCR and antigen tests combined) of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 995,646.

In 3,381 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 405 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Monday.

Likewise, the virus infection was detected in 253 people in 3,262 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours.

Currently, there are 4,296 active cases of COVID-19 across the nation of which, 162 are admitted to institutional isolation while 4,134 patients are placed in home isolation. Out of which 50 are in ICU and one is on ventilator support.  

Meanwhile, 456 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 979,357 cases of recovery, and the recovery rate is at 98.4 per cent. 

One 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 11,993.