MoHP verifies 53 dengue deaths

BY A STAFF REPORTER

Kathmandu, Oct. 30: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has verified 53 deaths due to dengue infection since mid-July so far. 

Similarly, 46,413 cases of dengue virus spread by the infected Aedes aegypti mosquito were detected from across the nation as of Saturday. 

Meanwhile, RSS adds, the number of dengue infection cases has crossed 2,000 in Chitwan. The District Health Office stated that dengue has been confirmed in 2,164 persons till October 27 so far. Dengue tests were conducted on 8,853 samples during this period and 2,164 of these samples were tested dengue positive.    

One thousand four hundred and fifty-one among these cases are from Chitwan district and the remaining is from outside districts. Among the 1,451 cases, 822 are male and 629 are female. It is stated that 454 dengue patients are from outside the district while the name and address of 259 of them are not ascertained.  

  Three people have died from dengue in Chitwan district during this period, the District Health Office said.  

  The highest number of cases has been found in Bharatpur Metropolitan City among the seven local levels in the district. Dengue has been confirmed in 978 persons, including 559 male and 419 female in Bharatpur.    

High fever, severe muscle pain, eyeball pain, headache, red rash on the body, nausea, vomiting are the main symptoms of dengue. 

14 new cases of COVID detected 

Meanwhile, the MoHP on Saturday recorded 14 new cases of COVID-19. With this, national tally of COVID-19 has reached 1,000,538 through RT-PCR tests and 152,144 through antigen tests. 

Among 924 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, 12 cases were detected through 448 RT-PCR tests and two cases through 476 antigen tests. 

Similarly, 29 recoveries were recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 987,914. The recovery rate stands at 98.7 per cent. 

There are 605 active cases of the disease across the nation as of Saturday.