Over 10,400 PCR tests conducted so far

Kathmandu - A total 53 thousand 534 people have been tested for coronavirus infection so far. Among them, 10 thousand 471 have been tested employing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method while 43 thousand 63 people have been tested through the rapid diagnostic test (RDT), the Ministry of Health and Population stated.

Similarly, the Ministry stated that two thousand 184 people were tested on Monday alone. Ministry's spokesman Dr Bikas Devkota said at a regular media briefing on Monday that sixteen out of the 52 persons receiving treatment for COVID-19 have returned home after recovery. No new cases of coronavirus infection have been found since some days. According to him 36 people are under treatment and they are in good health.