26,832 active Covid-19 cases in Nepal, 30 more fatalities logged
KATHMANDU, JULY 21
Nepal's coronavirus caseload reached 672,871 on Wednesday with 1,918 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 636,402 with 1,475 discharges logged today.
On the other hand, the countrywide Covid-19 mortality toll increased to 9,637 with 30 more fatalities.
As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, 12,616 total tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 8,715 were PCR tests while 3,901 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 3,495,069 PCR tests have been carried out till date.
Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 920 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests amount to 2,838.
Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 94.6 %, while the fatality rate stands at 1.5%.
The country's active Covid-19 case count currently is 26,832.
The capital recorded as many as 490 infections today while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur recorded 128 and 79 respectively.
So far, a total of 4,476,409 people have received coronavirus vaccine across the country, of which 3,251,931 have received the first dose while only 1,224,478 individuals have been inoculated with both the doses and are fully vaccinated.
Currently, there are 301 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
On Tuesday, Nepal's coronavirus case count had reached 670,953 with 2,202 more people testing positive for the infection.
Globally, over 192 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus while 4.1 million people have lost their lives to the disease.
Likewise, over 174 million people have recovered while more than 13 million cases are still active.
