One more Coronavirus infected person dies

KATHMANDU, April 29: One more Coronavirus infected person has died in Nepal. Since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, 12,030 people have died in Nepal so far.

In the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the infection has been confirmed in 51 more people across the country. According to the ministry, while testing the samples of 1,238 people, infection was confirmed in 22 people by PCR method and 29 people by antigen method. 35 more people have recovered during this period.

With this, the number of active infected confirmed by the PCR method has reached 361. Among them, 27 people are currently in institutional isolation, while 8 people are being treated in ICU and 1 person is being treated on a ventilator.

The death rate due to Coronavirus in Nepal is 1.2 percent.