324 new cases, 418 recoveries in 24 hours

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Aug. 26: With 324 new cases (RT-PCR and antigen tests combined) of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 996,605.

In 1,673 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 163 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Friday.

Likewise, the virus infection was detected in 161 people in 1,842 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours.

Currently, there are 3,943 active cases of COVID-19 across the nation of which, 177 are admitted to institutional isolation while 3,766 patients are placed in home isolation. Out of which 50 are in ICU and one is on ventilator support.  

Meanwhile, 418 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 980,663 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 11,999.