KATHMANDU: Nepal on Friday reported 1,703 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 229,343.
Likewise, 1,236 people who were earlier infected with the virus are reported to have recovered in the past 24 hours as per the latest data provided by health ministry. As of today, 209,435 individuals have recovered from the novel coronavirus infection.
Nepal’s active Covid-19 case count currently stands at 17,237.
Meanwhile, 23 more fatalities from the disease have taken the total death-toll to 1,435.
A total of 1,710,460 PCR tests have been carried out in Nepal till date.
Currently, there are 601 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
On Thursday, Nepal’s coronavirus case count reached 227,640 with 1,614 newly confirmed cases.
Globally, over 60 million people have contracted the virus till date while 1.4 million deaths have been reported. Meanwhile, over 42 million people have recovered from the disease while around 17 million cases are still active.
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