COVID-19: Infected climb to 99 after 17 people tested positive in Parsa today while 22 recover

The total number of people infected with Corona Virus has reached 99 in the country. The number climbed to 99 from 82 a day earlier, after 17 people tested positive to COVID-19 in Parsa today.

Furthermore, three people who had been discharged from hospital after recovery have tested positive again. A man discharged from a hospital in Kathmandu on April 23 tested positive again, said Dr Bikash Devkota at the regular press briefing held at the Ministry of Health and Population earlier today. Likewise, a 19-year-old youth from Rautahat and 44-year-old man from Parsa also tested positive in a re-test carried out more than a week after they had been discharged from hospital. All of them have been re-admitted to the hospital.

Meanwhile, the number of Corona Virus tests through the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method has reached 14,096 whereas 52,970 have been tested through the Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) method, Dr Devkota shared. Altogether 931 tests were held in the past 24 hours.

The number of people in quarantine is 18,734 with 136 in isolation in the country. Also today, six people undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Koshi Hospital were discharged, after they tested negative. The number of people who have recovered from the virus has reached 22 so far.