Nepal

Active caseload drops to 63296 with 2742 new Covid infections, 2742 discharges on Thursday

14 Covid-related deaths recorded in 24 hours, with this Covid death toll has increased to 11,778

By THT Online

File Photo - Active caseload drops to 63296 with 2742 new Covid infections, 2742 discharges on Thursday. Photo: Skanda Gautam/ THT/File

KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 03

The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal reached 63,296 on Thursday as compared to 69,291 on Wednesday as 2,742 people tested positive for the infection while 8,723 discharges were made in past 24 hours.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 433 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 3,175.

The latest reported number of infections carried the nationwide tally to 962,517, with 887,443 total discharges. The death toll reached 11,778 with 14 fatalities recorded today.

As per the updated data from health ministry, a total of 12,605 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 10,026 were PCR tests while 2,579 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 5,257,175 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 92.2 %, while the fatality rate stands at 1.3 %.

Currently, there are 138 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.