Kathmandu, August 28
The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that Nepal’s Covid-19 tally has reached 840,805 as of Saturday afternoon.
The ministry said 1,857 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours.
In this period, 9,409 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which returned 1,516 positive. Likewise, 3,767 people underwent antigen tests for the virus, of which an additional 341 tested positive.
Of total tests, 16.11 per cent of the PCR and 9.05 per cent of antigen samples returned positive, keeping the overall per-day positivity rate at 14.09 per cent.
As of today, there are 36,866 active cases across the country. Of them, 3,031 are hospitalised, 615 in intensive care units and 174 on ventilators.
In the past 24 hours, 2,222 people have achieved recovery whereas 27 deaths have been reported.
Of the total cases so far, 710,452 people have achieved recovery. Likewise, 10,690 died, according to the ministry. The country’s recovery rate is 93.7 per cent and the death 1.5 rate per cent.
