Kathmandu, July 12
The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the country’s Covid-19 tally has reached 701,458 as of Monday afternoon.
The ministry says 2,470 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours.
In this period, 7,689 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 1,690 returned positive. Likewise, 3,895 people underwent antigen tests for the virus, of which an additional 680 tested positive.
Of total tests, 21.97 per cent of the PCR and 17.45 per cent of antigen samples returned positive, keeping the overall per-day positivity rate at 20.45 per cent.
As of today, there are 26,712 active cases across the country. Of them, 2,765 are hospitalised, 549 in intensive care units and 163 on ventilators.
In the past 24 hours, 1,133 people have achieved recovery whereas 18 deaths have been reported.
Of the total cases so far, 621,027 people have achieved recovery. Likewise, 9,400 died, according to the ministry.
