Kathmandu, July 18
The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the country’s Covid-19 tally has reached 716,049 as of Sunday afternoon.
The ministry 1,801 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours.
In this period, 6,628 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 1,223 returned positive. Likewise, 3,000 people underwent antigen tests for the virus, of which an additional 578 tested positive.
Of total tests, 18.45 per cent of the PCR and 19.26 per cent of antigen samples returned positive, keeping the overall per-day positivity rate at 18.70 per cent.
As of today, there are 25,485 active cases across the country. Of them, 2,651 are hospitalised, 561 in intensive care units and 165 on ventilators.
In the past 24 hours, 1,667 people have achieved recovery whereas 23 deaths have been reported.
Of the total cases so far, 632,074 people have achieved recovery. Likewise, 9,550 died, according to the ministry.
