KATHMANDU, JULY 19
Nepal's coronavirus caseload reached 668,751 on Monday with 1,642 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 633,332 with 1,258 discharges logged today.
On the other hand, the countrywide Covid-19 mortality toll increased to 9,582 with 32 more fatalities.
As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, 11,664 total tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 7,833 were PCR tests while 3,831 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 3,477,518 PCR tests have been carried out till date.
Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 803 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests amount to 2,445.
Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 94.7 %, while the fatality rate stands at 1.5%.
The country's active Covid-19 case count currently is 25,837.
The capital recorded as many as 330 infections today while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur recorded 56 and 88 respectively.
So far, a total of 4,201,435 people have received coronavirus vaccine across the country, of which 3,067,118 have received the first dose while only 1,134,317 individuals have been inoculated with both the doses and are fully vaccinated.
Currently, there are 304 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
On Sunday, Nepal's coronavirus case count had reached 667,109 with 1,223 more people testing positive for the infection.
Globally, over 191 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus while 4 million people have lost their lives to the disease.
Likewise, over 174 million people have recovered while more than 12 million cases are still active.
