MoHP projects daily COVID-19 case surge will cross 20,000 by Jan-end

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The Ministry of Health and Population has projected that the country will witness the peak point of coronavirus infection at the end of this month. 

Day-wise case count will surpass 20,000 from January-end onwards, according to Dr Krishna Prasad Poudel, Director at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD). 

He also added that as many as 13,000 patients will have to be admitted to the hospital by the time when infection rate reaches its climax. “Of them, 9,848 will have minor symptoms and 1,000 plus patients will have severe symptoms. Similarly, 395 people will be seriously ill,” he said. 

With the onset of the new wave of the virus triggered by the Omicron variant, Nepal has been witnessing an increased number of coronavirus cases. The officials, on Thursday, confirmed as many as 12,338 new cases, which is the highest ever single-day spike. 

The ministry made another projection that the third wave will begin receding from the first week of February. The new wave will come under control by mid-April.

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