INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, MARCH 05The national active Covid-19
caseload of Nepal climbed to 6,947 on Saturday as 67 people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours.
caseload tops 82k as Nepal records 8054 fresh COVID-19 cases, four fatalities on Monday
Nepal records 342 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday
The latest reported number of infections carried the nationwide tally to 977,447 while the death toll remains at 11,945 as no
fatalities were recorded today.
Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 958,555 with 362 discharges logged
today.As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 6,220 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 2,662 were
PCR tests while 3,558 were antigen tests
With this, a total of 5,442,940 PCR tests have been carried out till date.Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 24 positive cases in the
The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 91.Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at
98.1%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.2%.Currently, there are 106 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
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