Nepal reports 185 COVID-19 deaths, 7,425 cases on Monday

KATHMANDU, May 24: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed as many as 7,425 new cases of the coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours as of Monday afternoon. The new cases were confirmed from the 19,846 PCR tests and 607 antigen tests out of which 7,220 tested positive for COVID-19 through PCR test and 205 through antigen. With this, Nepal’s COVID-19 casetally has jumped to 520,461. 

Likewise, a total of 7,135 infected individuals recovered from the virus in the same period. The Ministry stated that with this the COVID-19 caseload has reached 520,461 in the country.

There are currently 115,447 active cases in the country while 398,483 have recovered so far.

In the past 24 hours, Kathmandu district recorded 1,806 new cases while 681 in Lalitpur and 298 in Bhaktapur district, according to the Ministry. 

Similarly, a total of 185 people succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours across the country. With this, the COVID-19 fatality in the country reached 6,531, according to the Ministry.