KATHMANDU, JULY 16
Nepal's coronavirus caseload reached 664,576 on Friday with 2,006 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 628,243 with 1,775 discharges logged today.
On the other hand, the countrywide Covid-19 mortality toll increased to 9,506 with 43 more fatalities.
As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, 14,182 total tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 9,613 were PCR tests while 4,569 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 3,456,199 PCR tests have been carried out till date.
Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 930 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests amount to 2,936.
Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 94.5 %, while the fatality rate stands at 1.5%.
The country's active Covid-19 case count currently is 26,827.
The capital recorded as many as 343 infections today while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur recorded 136 and 62 respectively.
So far, a total of 3,885,991 people have received coronavirus vaccine across the country, of which 2,765,709 have received the first dose while only 1,120,282 individuals have been inoculated with both the doses and are fully vaccinated.
Currently, there are 321 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
On Thursday, Nepal's coronavirus case count had reached 662,570 with 1,782 more people testing positive for the infection.
Globally, over 189 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus while 4 million people have lost their lives to the disease.
Likewise, over 173 million people have recovered while more than 12 million cases are still active.
