KATHMANDU, JULY 08

Nepal's coronavirus caseload reached 651,380 on Thursday with 1,218 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 615,613 with 1,286 discharges accounted today.

On the other hand, the countrywide Covid-19 mortality toll shifted to 9,320 with 29 more fatalities.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, 10,504 total tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 5,374 were PCR tests while 5,130 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 3,396,753 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 657 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests amount to 1,875.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 94.5 %, while the fatality rate stands at 1.5%.

The country's active Covid-19 case count has dropped to 26,447 with daily recoveries exceeding daily infections.

So far, a total of 3,545,675 people have received coronavirus vaccine across the country, of which 2,611,807 have received the first dose while only 933,868 individuals have been inoculated with both the doses and are fully vaccinated.

Currently, there are 300 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.

On Wednesday, Nepal's coronavirus case count had reached 650,162 with 2,077 more people testing positive for the infection.

Globally, over 185 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus while 4 million people have lost their lives to the disease.

Likewise, over 170 million people have recovered while more than 11 million cases are still active.