KATHMANDU, JANUARY 26

The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal climbed to 90,067 on Wednesdayday as 5,571 people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours.

The latest reported number of infections carried the nationwide tally to 933,451 while the death toll reached 11,672 as five fatalities were recorded today.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 831,712 with 4,433 discharges logged today.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 20,359 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 13,549 were PCR tests while 6,810 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 5,169,968 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 2,883 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 8,454.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 89.1%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.4%.

Currently, there are 171 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.