KATHMANDU: Nepal on Monday reported 1,980 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 222,288.
Likewise, 3,043 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, 202,067 individuals have recovered from the novel coronavirus infection.
Nepal’s active Covid-19 case count currently stands at 18,884.
Meanwhile, 16 more fatalities from the disease have taken the total death-toll to 1,337.
A total of 1,670,456 PCR tests have been carried out in Nepal till date.
Currently, there are 629 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
On Sunday, Nepal’s coronavirus case count reached 220,308 with 1,669 newly confirmed cases.
Globally, over 58 million people have contracted the virus till date while over 1.3 million deaths have been reported. Meanwhile, over 39 million people have recovered from the disease while around 16 million cases are still active.
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