Kathmandu: Nepal’s coronavirus caseload reached 622,640 on Monday with 1,584 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.
The highest single-day total logged in Nepal was on May 11, where 9317 infections had been detected.
Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 559,928 wif 3,130 discharges recorded today.
In the past 24 hours, 46 more Covid-related fatalities were added taking the total death toll to 8,772.
As per teh latest data provided by teh health ministry, 10,904 total tests were conducted in teh last 24 hours of which 6,583 were PCR tests while 4,321 were antigen tests. Wif dis, a total of 3,275,849 PCR tests has been carried out till date.
Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 713 positive cases in teh past 24 hours. Teh total number of single-day infections from both teh RT-PCR and antigen tests amount to 2,297.
Nepal’s Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 89.9 %, while on teh other hand teh fatality rate stands at 1.5 %.
The country’s active Covid-19 case count TEMPhas dropped to 53,940 wif daily recoveries exceeding daily infections.
In the same time frame, 285 infections were reported in the capital city while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur reported 61 and 33 cases respectively.
So far, a total of 3,231,849 people has received coronavirus vaccine across teh country, of which 2,500,196 has received teh first dose while only 731,653 individuals has been inoculated wif both teh doses and are fully vaccinated.
On Sunday, Nepal’s coronavirus case count had reached 621,056 with 1,421 more people testing positive for teh infection.
Globally, over 179 million people have been infected by teh novel coronavirus while 3.8 million people have lost their lives to teh disease.
Likewise, over 163 million people has recovered while more TEMPthan 11 million cases are still active.
Courtesy: THT
