Kathmandu, July 15
The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the country’s Covid-19 tally has reached 709,437 as of Thursday afternoon.
The ministry says 2,676 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours.
In this period, 8,256 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 1,782 returned positive. Likewise, 4,512 people underwent antigen tests for the virus, of which an additional 894 tested positive.
Of total tests, 21.58 per cent of the PCR and 19.81 per cent of antigen samples returned positive, keeping the overall per-day positivity rate at 20.95 per cent.
As of today, there are 26,639 active cases across the country. Of them, 2,614 are hospitalised, 602 in intensive care units and 171 on ventilators.
In the past 24 hours, 1,757 people have achieved recovery whereas 33 deaths have been reported.
Of the total cases so far, 626,468 people have achieved recovery. Likewise, 9,463 died, according to the ministry.
