Kathmandu, August 9
The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the country’s Covid-19 tally has reached 22,972 as of Sunday afternoon.
In his daily press briefing in Kathmandu, the ministry’s spokesperson Jageshwor Gautam said 380 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours. Of them, 92 are from the Kathmandu valley.
In this period, 8,515 swab samples were tested. So far, 443,804 people have been tested in the country.
Of the total cases so far, 16,353 people have achieved recovery whereas 75 died, according to him. In the past 24 hours, 40 people have been discharged whereas two deaths have been reported.
The other 6,544 cases are active currently.
The disease has spread across all 77 districts of the country. Of them, Parsa, Rautahat, Mahottari, and Kathmandu have more than 500 active cases each. Khotang, Dhankuta, Sankhuwasabha, Manang, Mustang, Dolpa and Humla do not have any active cases.
Over 11,000 people are quarantined across the country, waiting to be tested.
