Here are the Latest Updates on COVID-19:

  1. More than 13.7 million people around the world have been diagnosed with COVID-19, while more than 8 million have recovered & more than five lakh eighty-seven thousand have died, according to data from Worldometer.
  2. Nearer to 1 million people in India have diagnosed with COVID-19 & death count in India reached 24,976 (Worldometer)

National Updates on COVID-19 (Nepal):

  1. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases reached  17,344 with the new case alert in the last 24 hours is 167 and this number is slightly higher than the previous day.
  2. The total number of recovered cases reached  11,249 & 213 has been recovered in the last 24 hours.
  3.  4,981 RT PCR has done in the last 24 hours in 27 laboratories & the rate of PCR positivity is around 2 to 3% which is less compared to data of 2 weeks before, there was 9-10 % PCR positivity rate.
  4. Recently, 3000 sample from the different part of Kathmandu Valley has been tested & among them, only 3 samples are tested positive.
(Source: MOHP  Media Briefing)