KATHMANDU, JANUARY 30

The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal climbed to 83,999 on Sunday as 3,049 people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours.

The latest reported number of infections carried the nationwide tally to 950,441 while the death toll reached 11,735 as 32 (including earlier unreported deaths) fatalities were recorded today.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 854,707 with 6,359 discharges logged today.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 13,145 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 9,910 were PCR tests while 3,235 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 5,219,506 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 491 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 3,540.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 89.9%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.4%.

Currently, there are 139 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.