Research Article
Estimation of Underreported Cases of Infections and Deaths from COVID-19 for Countries with Limited and Scarce Data: Examples from Nepal
Table 6
COVID-19 tests conducted in Nepal.
| Regions | No. of testing centers | COVID-19 tests conducted in 24 hours | 1 Feb | 1 April | 19 May | 1 June | Tests | Positive | Tests | Positive | Tests | Positive | Tests | Positive |
| Province 1 | 9 | 135 | 4 | 408 | 1 | 2275 | 1208 | 2240 | 852 | Province 2 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 1638 | 690 | 2058 | 424 | Bagmati | 42 | 3590 | 125 | 3249 | 100 | 10747 | 3491 | 7547 | 2738 | Gandaki | 3 | 123 | 22 | 180 | 24 | 1339 | 499 | 1085 | 394 | Lumbini | 9 | 253 | 7 | 300 | 20 | 2912 | 1027 | 2902 | 506 | Karnali | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 684 | 352 | 495 | 206 | Sudurpaschim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 1544 | 797 | 820 | 165 | Nepal | 77 | 4145 | 159 | 4213 | 152 | 21139 | 8064 | 17147 | 5285 | Kathmandu valley | 34 | 3316 | 116 | 3204 | 99 | 9971 | 3101 | 5886 | 3065 |
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Source: COVID-19 updates, Government of Nepal.
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