A record 448 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed today, national tally soars to 5,062

Rising Nepal
12 Jun, 2020

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, June 12: The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed 448 new cases of COVID-19 today.

As many as 448 people, including 424 males and 24 females, were detected with virus infection in the last 24 hours, informed Dr Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry, at the daily press briefing.

The new cases were detected in Jhapa, Dang, Sunsari, Rautahat, Bara, Dhading, Sarlahi, Saptari, Mahottari, Rolpa, Banke, Dailekh, Surkhet, Kapilvastu, Pyuthan, Rupandehi, Kailali, Parbt, Syangja, Bardkya, Dailekh, Bajura, Bajhang, Nawalparasi (East) and Dhanding.

With this, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 5,062 including 877 cases of recovery and 16 death cases.

According to Dr. Gautam, 5,925 RT-PCR test were carried out across the country in the last 24 hours. The number of PCR tests conducted as of today has reached 121,865 whilie that of RDT has reached 188,052 with 9,909 tests done in the last 24 hours.

As many as 158,050 people are staying in the quarantine across the country as of today while 4,169 infected persons are placed in isolation for treatment in hospitals and other designated places.