KATHMANDU, Jan 20: With 318 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recorded in the last 24 hours, Nepal’s COVID-19 case tally has reached 268,310 including 262,642 cases of recovery.
The figure of recovered patients accounts for 97.9 percent of total cases. This is the highest rate of recovery among all SAARC nations.
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Of the new cases detected on Wednesday, 112 are females and 206 males.
More than 2.26 million people have undergone PCR test so far.
Likewise, six persons died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,975.
