Kathmandu, 22 May : As many as 21 people, who were diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier, have been discharged from the hospital following recovery from the deadly virus, in Banke district on today. Among the discharged are nine females and 12 males of ages 1 to 60 years, all of whom have reported recovery on an average of 17 to 20 days of hospital-stay, according to Khajura-based Sushil Koirala Prakhar Cancer Hospital, designated to treat COVID-19. With this, the total number of COVID-19 recovery cases has now reached 70. People's News Monitoring Service