Kathmandu,6 May: Nepal has recorded additional 8,659 cases of coronavirus and 58 fatalities on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 8,604 were diagnosed with the virus in PCR tests while 54 were confirmed positive in the test undertaken through antigen method.
With the latest addition the number of active cases of coronavirus across the country has reached 66,352. The country has so far recorded a total number of 359,610 coronavirus cases. Among the infected, 4,764 are staying at institutional isolation while 61,588 are in home isolation. As many as 600 infected are undergoing treatment at ICUs and 156 on ventilator support. As of Wednesday, the coronavirus related death has reached 3,475 in number. The Kathmandu Valley recorded 3,825 coronavirus infection related cases. The MoHP has stated that Kathmandu has recorded 2,849, Bhaktapur 458 and Lalitpur 518 coronavirus cases with 15 fatalities.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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