KATHMANDU, JULY 18

Nepal’s coronavirus caseload reached 667,109 on Sunday with 1,223 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 632,074 with 1,667 discharges logged today.

On the other hand, the countrywide Covid-19 mortality toll increased to 9,550 with 23 more fatalities.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, 9,628 total tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 6,628 were PCR tests while 3,000 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 3,469,685 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 578 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests amount to 1,801.

Nepal’s Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 94.7 %, while the fatality rate stands at 1.5%.

The country’s active Covid-19 case count currently is 25,485.

The capital recorded as many as 234 infections today while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur recorded 64 and 36 respectively.

So far, a total of 4,129,122 people have received coronavirus vaccine across the country, of which 2,999,214 have received the first dose while only 1,129,908 individuals have been inoculated with both the doses and are fully vaccinated.

Currently, there are 340 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.

On Saturday, Nepal’s coronavirus case count had reached 665,886 with 1,310 more people testing positive for the infection.

Globally, over 190 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus while 4 million people have lost their lives to the disease.

Likewise, over 173 million people have recovered while more than 12 million cases are still active.