Nepal reports 2,918 new COVID-19 cases , 5,147 recoveries Monday

KATHMANDU, June 14: A total of 2,918 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected through the 14,819 tests including 9,438 RT-PCR and 5,381 antigen tests in the country in the past 24 hours as of Monday afternoon. 

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, altogether 5,147 infected patients recovered in the same period in the country. So far 536,252 infected patients have recovered from COVID-19 in Nepal.

Kathmandu district witnessed 396 new cases while 145 in Lalitpur and 66 in Bhaktapur.

The Ministry confirmed that 53 new deaths caused by the virus infection were recorded in the past 24 hours across the country. With this, the total death toll due to COVID-19 reached 8,465 in Nepal.    

It is said that there are 65,804active cases of virus infection in the country. There are a total of 8,182 active cases in Kathmandu, 2,434 in Bhaktapur and 3,442 reported active cases of COVID-19 in Lalitpur.

The Ministry also said that there are 61,122 infected ones in home isolation while 4,682 in institutional isolation. It is said that 995 patients are in ICU while 324 in ventilators across the country.