KATHMANDU: Nepal has confirmed 25 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.
With this, the number of coronavirus-infected people in the country has reached 427 out of which 45 have recovered and discharged, Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health Dr. Bikash Devkota said today.
Spokesperson Dr. Devkota informed 18 of them are male and 7 are female.
According to him, 6 people from Banke aged 17, 20, 28, 30, 40, 27 have tested positive for the pandemic virus. They all are men.
Similarly, 5 persons from Dhankuta have diagnosed positive for the coronavirus including a woman aged 24.
The age of males infected in Dhankuta are 28, 29, 35, 37 respectively.
Kapilvastu district on Wednesday also reported 13 cases. Out of 13 cases, 6 are male aged 12, 22, 35, 48, 20,24, and 34. Similarly, the age of females infected in Kapilvastu district are 3, 4, 5, 16. 25, 32.
Likewise, Nawaparashi (West) reported the first case of COVID-19. A 25-year-old man has been diagnosed with the virus.
Meanwhile, eight COVID-19 patients have been discharged from Koshi Hospital, Biratnagar, after recovering from the virus.
Three COVID-19 patients of Bhulke Masjid and five patients of Udayapur Triyuga-3, Bhulke were discharged from the hospital after testing negative for the virus in three PCR tests.
Similarly, 2,280 samples have been tested through the PCR method in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 32,604.
Two persons have died so far from COVID-19 in Nepal.
Likewise, the Ministry has decided to send a team of 10 health workers including doctors each in Province 2 and Province 5.
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