{"id":926,"date":"2020-08-22T20:52:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T15:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=926"},"modified":"2020-08-22T20:52:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T15:07:24","slug":"country-witnesses-634-new-covid-19-cases-including-216-in-kathmandu-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=926","title":{"rendered":"Country witnesses 634 new COVID-19 cases including 216 in Kathmandu valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kathmandu-\u00a0 A total of 634 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population stated at a press briefing on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the 216 infected in Kathmandu valley, 160 are in Kathmandu, six in Lalitpur and 50 in Bhaktapur, Ministry\u2019s Spokesperson Dr. Jageshwor Gautam stated.<\/p>\n<p>In the past 24 hours, 126 people have returned home after recovering from the virus. In total, 18,350 people have recovered from COVID-19 all over Nepal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As stated by Dr. Gautam, 135 people are still undergoing treatment in ICUs while 12 are in ventilators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Currently, Mustang, Myagdi and Humla districts have no reported cases of the virus while Morang, Parsa, Mahottari, Rautahat, Sarlahi and Kathmandu each have more than 500 active cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the Ministry has urged people to stay in quarantine facilities after being tested and until the report of the virus is sent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Gatuam stated that an additional nine people, including a six-year-old girl and a man from Sunsari district, have succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours. With this, the total death COVID-19 death toll in Nepal has reached to 146.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three men in Parsa and one each in Bara, Siraha, Makawanpur and Bhaktapur have passed away, Dr. Gautam confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu-\u00a0 A total of 634 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population stated at a press briefing on Saturday. 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