KATHMANDU, JANUARY 24

The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal climbed to 82,550 on Monday as 8,054 people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours.

Nepal recorded 8,054 new coronavirus infections in last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide tally to 918,448 while the death toll reached to 11,659 as four fatalities were recorded today.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 824,239 with 2,540 discharges logged today.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 21,201 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 16,654 were PCR tests while 4,547 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 5,138,316 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 2,265 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 10,319.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 89.7%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.4%.

Currently, there are 149 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.