April 12 : Twenty four new COVID-19 cases have been conformed yesterday, thus pushing the total number of such cases in the country to 134. Of the newly discovered patients, 13 tested positive for the disease in the afternoon and the remaining 11 in the evening.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the 13 patients include the males aged 15, 19, 23, 30, 32, and 38 from Kapilvastu district; males of 24, 26, 27, 30, 32, and 40 years of age from Rupandehi district, and an 11-year-old female from the Bardiya district.
Similarly, among the 11 patients, 10 males aged between 18 to 34 are from the Kapilvastu district and the remaining one aged 18 from the Saptari district.
All these cases were confirmed through sample tests conducted at the National Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu, said the Ministry.
The cases were confirmed through sample tests conducted at the National Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu, said the Ministry.
the swab samples of six males (aged 15, 19, 23, 30, 32 and 38) from Yashodhara Rural Municipality-9 and Buddha Bhumi Municipality-7 of Kapilvastu district, six other males (aged 24, 26, 27, 30 32 and 40) of Rupandehi’s Samarimai Rural Municipality-7 and Lumbini Sanskritik Rural Municipality-6, and a girl child aged 11 from Rajapur-5, Baridya tested positive for this deadly virus at the Kathmandu-based National Public Health Laboratory.
With this, Province 5 has become the worst-hit province, reporting a total of 53 cases.
