Kathmandu, August 29
The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that Nepal’s Covid-19 tally has reached 842,193 as of Sunday afternoon.
The ministry said 1,388 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours.
In this period, 7,259 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which returned 1,214 positive. Likewise, 3,038 people underwent antigen tests for the virus, of which an additional 174 tested positive.
Of total tests, 16.72 per cent of the PCR and 6.38 per cent of antigen samples returned positive, keeping the overall per-day positivity rate at 13.47 per cent.
As of today, there are 35,796 active cases across the country. Of them, 3,052 are hospitalised, 625 in intensive care units and 167 on ventilators.
In the past 24 hours, 2,260 people have achieved recovery whereas 24 deaths have been reported.
Of the total cases so far, 712,712 people have achieved recovery. Likewise, 10,714 died, according to the ministry. The country’s recovery rate is 93.9 per cent and the death 1.5 rate per cent.
