KATHMANDU, MARCH 26
The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal active caseload is dropped from 1,960 to 1,758 on Saturday as eight people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours.
The latest reported number of infections carried the nationwide tally to 978,317 while the death toll remains at 11,951 as no fatalities were recorded today.
Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 964,608 with 210 discharges logged today.
As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 2,655 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 1,696 were PCR tests while 959 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 5,525,573 PCR tests have been carried out till date.
Similarly, antigen tests confirmed no 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.
Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 98.6%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.2%.
Currently, there are 106 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
