KATHMANDU: The countrywide Covid-19 tally has advanced to 238,861 as 1,272 additional infections emerged on Friday.
Nepal’s active Covid-19 case count currently stands at 15,447.
Meanwhile, 16 more fatalities from the disease have taken the total death-toll to 1,567.
According to the health ministry, a total of 1,771,950 PCR tests have been carried out in Nepal till date.
Currently, there are 537 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
On Thursday, Nepal’s coronavirus case count reached 237,589 with 1,343 newly confirmed cases.
Nearly 65 million people globally have been infected by the disease and the worst-affected country, the United States, is currently battling a third wave of coronavirus infections.
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