KATHMANDU, April 18: Officials at the MInistry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed a total of 1,096 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country on Sunday. Of the cases confirmed, 1,015 were detected through 5,084 RT-PCR tests while 81 others through 699 antigen tests.
With this, Nepal’s COVID-19 case tally has spiked to 284,673 including 3,083 fatalities caused by the COVID-19 infection. Eight more death cases were added in the past 24 hours including four confirmed in the past 24 hours.
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As many as 275,300 people have so far attained recovery from the COVID-19 infection which accounts for 96.7 percent of the total cases.
Amid the unwillingness among the stakeholders concerned, a large number of students are being infected with COVID-19. The ministry, on Sunday, confirmed 112 cases among those who are below 19 years of age.
