KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 23

The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal climbed to 10,090 on Wednesday as 256 people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours.

The latest reported number of infections carried the nationwide tally to 976,361 while the death toll reached 11,930 as two fatalities were recorded today.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 954,341 with 911 discharges logged today.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 8,693 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 5,103 were PCR tests while 3,590 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 5,396,706 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 56 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 312.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 97.7%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.2%.

Currently, there are 107 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.