KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 11

The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal climbed to 27,441 on Friday as 666 people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours.

The latest reported number of infections carried the nationwide tally to 972,141 while the death toll reached 11,878 as 14 fatalities were recorded today.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 932,822 with 2,215 discharges logged today.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 20,989 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 17,447 were PCR tests while 3,542 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 5,329,889 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 462 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 1,128.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 96%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.3%.

Currently, there are 109 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.