KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry, in its regular press briefing, shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, and government’s response to the health crisis.

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Till date, 1,643,899 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method have been carried out wherein 10,340 tests were performed in the last 24 hours.

At present, there are 753 people under quarantine in various facilities across the country. The number of active cases in Nepal is 24,665.

1,945 new cases of the coronavirus infection were registered today taking the national tally to 216,965.

As many as 5,364 persons earlier diagnosed with the disease have tested negative in the last 24 hours. With the recent addition, the national COVID-19 recovery tally has now reached 191,002.

Meanwhile, 22 more fatalities were confirmed by the Ministry today, with which the COVID-19 death tally has now reached 1,298.

As of today, the country has witnessed 216,965 cases of the coronavirus infection while 191,002 people have recovered from the disease. Meanwhile, 1,298 COVID-19 fatalities have been confirmed.