KATHMANDU, JANUARY 29

The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal climbed to 87,341 on Saturday as 3,318 people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours.

The latest reported number of infections carried the nationwide tally to 947,392 while the death toll reached 11,703 as six fatalities were recorded today.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 848,348 with 5,912 discharges logged today.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 14,562 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 10,101 were PCR tests while 4,461 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 5,209,596 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 1,586 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 4,904.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 89.5%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.4%.

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