{"id":44,"date":"2020-07-17T08:38:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T02:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathmandupati.local\/?p=44"},"modified":"2020-08-02T08:57:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T08:57:51","slug":"nepals-covid-19-tally-reaches-17344-after-167-new-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"Nepal\u2019s Covid-19 tally reaches 17,344 after 167 new cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nepal on Thursday reported 167 new Covid-19 cases to take the national tally to 17,344.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSamples of 27 individuals from Dhanusha, 17 from Nawalparasi (East), 15 from Okhaldhunga, 14 each from Kailali and Kanchanpur, 12 from Rautahat, eight each from Banke and Dadeldhura, six each from Dailekh and Ilam, four each from Achham, Jhapa and Sunsari, three each from Makwanpur, Morang and Surkhet, two each from Baglung, Jajarkot, Parsa and Salyan and one each frm Bajhang, Bara, Bardiya, Dang, Kathmandu, Mugu, Pyuthan, Rukum (West), Rupandehi, Syangja and Udaypur tested positive,\u201d said Dr Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson for the Health Ministry during a regular press briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Gautam said 213 people were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total recovered cases to 11,249. \u201cCurrently there are 6,056 active cases in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry, five districts-Bhojpur, Sankhuwasabha, Manang, Mustang and Humla-don\u2019t have any active cases.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry had confirmed Nepal\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kathmandupost.com\/health\/2020\/07\/15\/nepal-reports-39th-covid-19-death-and-116-new-cases\">39th Covid related death<\/a>\u00a0and 116 new cases on Wednesday. There were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kathmandupost.com\/health\/2020\/07\/14\/116-new-cases-take-nepal-s-covid-19-tally-to-17-061\">116 cases\u00a0<\/a>reported on Tuesday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kathmandupost.com\/health\/2020\/07\/13\/nepal-s-covid-19-tally-reaches-16-945-after-144-new-cases\">144 new cases<\/a>\u00a0on Monday and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kathmandupost.com\/health\/2020\/07\/12\/with-82-new-cases-nepal-s-covid-19-tally-reaches-16-801\">82 new\u00a0<\/a>infections on Sunday.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kathmandupost.com\/health\/2020\/07\/11\/three-more-covid-19-deaths-and-70-new-infections-reported-in-nepal-as-case-count-reaches-16-719\">Three Covid-19 related deaths<\/a>\u00a0and 70 new cases were recorded on Saturday. Friday saw\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kathmandupost.com\/health\/2020\/07\/10\/nepal-s-covid-19-tally-reaches-16-649-with-118-new-cases\">118 new cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry said 4,981 PCR tests were carried out across the country in the last 24 hours. The total number of PCR tests performed so far has reached 303,810.<\/p>\n<p>Track all Covid-19 cases in Nepal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kathmandupost.com\/covid19\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nepal on Thursday reported 167 new Covid-19 cases to take the national tally to 17,344. \u201cSamples of 27 individuals from Dhanusha, 17 from Nawalparasi (East), 15 from Okhaldhunga, 14 each from Kailali and Kanchanpur, 12 from Rautahat, eight each from Banke and Dadeldhura, six each from Dailekh and Ilam, four each from Achham, Jhapa and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nepal","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - 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