KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 24

Nepal recorded 237 new coronavirus infections in last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide tally to 826,901 while the death toll climbed to 11,582 fatalities today. Meanwhile, one fatality was reported on Friday.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 810,271 with 349 discharges logged today.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 11,898 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 8,060 were PCR tests while 3,838 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 4,809,067 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 23 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 260.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 98%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.4%.

The country's active Covid-19 case count currently is 5,048.

Currently, there are 99 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.