KATHMANDU, MAY 09
Nepal on Sunday reported 8,777 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the Covid-19 caseload has reached 394,667 on Saturday taking the tally close to 400,000.
Meanwhile, antigen tests confirmed 73 positive cases in the past 24 hours. As such, total infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests added up to 8,850 today.
As many as 52 people succumbed to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. With the latest additions, the countrywide Covid-19 mortality toll stands at 3,720, including 26 unreported ones in official statistics.
The capital city recorded 3,161 infections, Lalitpur 533 cases, and Bhaktapur 504 cases today, taking the valley's total 24-hour figure to 4,198.
Both new infections and deaths have risen sharply after Nepal logged Covid-19 cases in four digits on April 18.
According to the health ministry, 19,387 total tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, of which 18,787 were PCR tests while 600 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 2,634,504 PCR tests have been carried out in Nepal till date.
Likewise, 4022 people who were earlier infected with the virus have been discharged in the past 24 hours as per the latest data provided by the health ministry.
As of today, 302,787 individuals have recovered from the novel coronavirus infection. The recovery rate from the disease declines to 76.7 per cent.
Nepal's active Covid-19 case count currently stands at 88,160.
Currently, there are 419 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
On Saturday, Nepal's coronavirus case count reached 385,890 with 8,287 newly confirmed cases.
Globally, over 158 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus while 3.2 million people have lost their lives to the disease.
Likewise, over 135 million people have recovered while more than 19 million cases are still active.
