Nepal

Four new cases of coronavirus infection found in Humla

KathmanduPati November 13, 2020

HUMLA – Four new cases of COVID-19 have been found in Humla district on Thursday night. The district had been declared free of coronavirus infection since November 3.

The swabs of five people of Yalbang in the Namkha rural municipality who were suspected to have the infection were collected and sent to Surkhet for testing. The PCR test results showed that four people tested positive for the coronavirus. Among the infected, three are women and one is a man. They were 63, 60, 31 and 16 years of age, respectively.

According to officials, the virus has spread to the community level in the district but cases have not been identified due to insufficient PCR testing of all suspected cases.