KATHMANDU, APRIL 14

Nepal on Wednesday reported 580 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the total nationwide infection count has advanced to 281,564.

A total of 23 antigen positive cases were detected through tests carried out across the country in the past 24 hours.

Of the total cases recorded today, Kathmandu district holds the highest number of new infections with 173 cases logged in the past 24 hours. Lalitpur reported 61 cases, whereas 20 new cases were reported from Bhaktapur.

Likewise, 129 people who were earlier infected with the virus are reported to have recovered in the past 24 hours as per the latest data provided by health ministry.

As of today, 274,447 individuals have recovered from the novel coronavirus infection. The recovery rate, as such, is 97.5 per cent.

Nepal's active Covid-19 case count currently stands at 4,056.

The nationwide death-toll has reached 3,061 with three Covid-related fatalities reported today.

According to the health ministry, 4,740 total tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, of which 4,289 were PCR tests while 451 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 2,325,959 PCR tests have been carried out in Nepal till date.

Currently, there are 79 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.

On Tuesday, Nepal's coronavirus case count reached 280,984 with 460 newly confirmed cases.

Globally, over 138 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus while 2.9 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19.

Likewise, over 111 million people have recovered from the disease while more than 24 million cases are still active.