KATHMANDU, JANUARY 12

The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal climbed to 14,340 on Wednesday as 2,922 people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours.

Nepal recorded 2,922 new coronavirus infections in last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide tally to 841,297 while the death toll reached to 11,610 as one fatalities were recorded on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 815,347 with 271 discharges logged today.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 15,081 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 10,498 were PCR tests while4,583 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 4,967,786 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 631 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 3,553.

The Kathmandu district has the largest number of infections in the country, with 1449, followed by Lalitpur with 317 and Bhaktapur with 150.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 96.9%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.4%.

The country's active Covid-19 case count currently is 14,340.

Currently, there are 122 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.

A total of 356,004 people got vaccinated today. With this 11,691,393 people or 58.7 per cent of the target population have received full dose while 15,464,335 or 77.6 per cent have received at least one dose.

On Thursday, Nepal had witnessed 2,448 cases of the respiratory infection while two person had succumbed to the disease during the same period.