45 new cases, 70 recoveries in last 24 hours

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Sept.29: A total of 45 new cases (RT-PCR and antigen tests combined) of COVID-19 were confirmed nationwide in the last 24 hours. 

In 1, 307 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 25 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 20 people in 1, 371 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours.

Currently, there are 1, 077 active cases of COVID-19 across the nation of which, 36 are admitted to institutional isolation while 1, 041 patients are placed in home isolation. Out of which nine are in ICU.

Meanwhile, 70 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 986,617 cases of recovery, and the recovery rate is at 98.7 per cent. 

No fatality related to COVID-19 was recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the MoHP. So far, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll has reached 12,018.