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36 coronavirus patients recover in Nepal



KATHMANDU: One more patient of coronavirus recovered on Friday and returned home from the hospital, the Health and Population Ministry’s official said today.

With this, 36 patients have recovered so far in the country.

Spokesperson at the Ministry, Dr Bikash Devkota informed that a 25-year-old man from Udayapur returned home today after 27 days of stay at the Koshi Hospital with the coronavirus infection.

The Ministry said so far 23,914 individuals were tested through PRC methods while 63,085 from RDT.

Likewise, the number of people living under quarantine has reached 15,683 and 268 are in isolation.

According to the Ministry, 363 individuals are categorized being in red zone.

It should be noted that nine persons were tested positive for coronavirus on Friday — a 37-year-old man from Makawanpur and eight men from Banke district ranging from 18 to 36 year age group.

With this, total number of coronavirus infected reached 258 including 48 women in the country.

Publish Date : 15 May 2020 20:18 PM

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