INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, APRIL 18The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal active caseload has
reached to 350 on Monday as nine people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours.
Nepal records 350 COVID-19
cases, four fatalities on Saturday
Active caseload drops to 63296 with 2742
new Covid infections, 2742 discharges on Thursday
The latest reported number of infections carried the nationwide tally to 978,674 while the death toll remains at 11,951 as no fatalities
were recorded today.
Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 966,373 with 34 discharges logged today.As per
the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 4,691 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 3,600 were PCR tests
while 1,091 were antigen tests
With this, a total of 5,600,115 PCR tests have been carried out till date.Similarly, antigen tests confirmed one positive case in the past
24 hours.Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 98.7%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.2%.Currently, there are 106 individuals in
various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
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