Update Of September 30 Regarding Corona Virus Infection

  October 1, 2020 By: INSEC

The number of COVID-19 infected people have reached 77,817 after additional 1,559 new cases detected positive in Nepal on September 30, 2020. Out of them, 55,472 are males. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 56,428 have been discharged after recovery. On September 30, the rate of recovery reached 72.6% along with the 1,057 latest discharged after treatment. The ministry reported that 20,891 people are being treated. Till now, the death toll has reached 498. According to the Ministry, 12,205 number of swabs tests were conducted in the past 24 hours.

In Province 2

According to Saptari Representative Manohar Kumar Pokharel, a 35-year-old man from Agnisair Krishna Sawaran Rural Municipality-4, Banauli, died at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan. He had been suffering from diabetes since the age of 14. After eight days of treatment, he was sent home by the Golden Hospital, Biratnagar, saying that both his kidneys had stopped working. His PCR was found to be negative in a test conducted at Golden Hospital on September 10 but in the test conducted on September 24, he was diagnosed COVID-19 positive.

In Gandaki Province

According to Gorkha Representative Hariram Upreti, the Barhakilo police station of Gorkha Municipality-11 has been sealed after 25-year-old police was confirmed to be infected with COVID-19, said SP Surendra Gurung of the District Police Office, Gorkha. He said that the police station has been sealed by keeping 12 other policemen working in quarantine.

The service from Siranchowk rural municipality has been suspended for a week after a 29-year-old male employee was confirmed to be infected with COVID-19. In a notice issued on September 30, the rural municipality informed that the service has been stopped.

In Province 5

A 35-year-old woman of Dhamboji of Nepalgunj Sub-Municipality-1 died on September 30 and the number of deaths due to COVID-19 in Banke has reached 16. According to the District COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre, Banke, the woman, was suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure and hypothyroidism for some time. She was undergoing treatment at the Pre-Isolation Ward of Bheri Hospital, Nepalgunj.

According to Kapilvastu Representative Parvati Acharya, a 50-year-old man of Buddhabhumi Municipality-1, who was undergoing treatment at Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, died on September 30. He had high blood pressure for a long time.


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