Kathmandu, November 17 : 502 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the country in the past 24 hours. Among these cases, 339 belong to the Kathmandu valley alone .
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the latest cases were identified while conducting PCR test on 3,112 individuals. The test ratio is said to have dropped significantly due to the Tihar festival.
With the latest cases, the total number of the infected people has reached 211,475 till today.
Similarly, 2,878 persons contracting the disease recovered in the past 24 hours, thus taking the total number of such recoveries to 279,242. The recovery per cent is 84.8 in the country.
The ministry further shared that the total deaths caused by the virus infection have reached 1,247 till November 17.
