KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 28
Nepal recorded 527 new coronavirus infections in last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide tally to 811,407, while the death toll climbed to 11,382 with two fatalities today.
Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 789,789 with 664 discharges logged today.
As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, a total of 11,355 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 8,848 were PCR tests while 2,507 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 4,402,582 PCR tests have been carried out till date.
Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 64 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests totals to 591.
The highest number of infections were recorded in the capital with 157 cases today, while Kaski is second in line with 39 cases and Kailali third with 36 cases.
At present, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Kaski are the four districts with above 500 active cases. Similarly, Morang, Sunsari, Jhapa, Nuwakot, Makawanpur, Chitwan, Nawalparasi East, Rupandehi, Banke and Kailali have above 200 cases.
Meanwhile, Mugu is the only district with zero infections.
Nepal’s Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 97.3%, while the fatality rate stands at 1.4%.
The country’s active Covid-19 case count currently is 10,236 against 10,375 a day before.
Currently, there are 214 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.
Globally, over 245 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus while 4.9 million people have lost their lives to the disease.
Likewise, over 222 million people have recovered while more than 18 million cases are still active.