Nepal reports additional 1,857 new COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths on Thursday

Nepal's coronavirus caseload reached 640,662 on Thursday with additional 1,857 people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus recoveries stand at 600,149 with 4,017 people discharged today.

The countrywide Covid-19 mortality toll stands at 9,145 with 33 fatalities recorded today.

As per the latest data provided by the health ministry, 10,985 total tests were conducted in the last 24 hours of which 7,130 were PCR tests while 3,855 were antigen tests. With this, a total of 3,351,263 PCR tests have been carried out till date.

Similarly, antigen tests have confirmed 903 positive cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of single-day infections from both the RT-PCR and antigen tests amount to 2,760.

Nepal's Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 93.7 %, while on the other hand the fatality rate stands at 1.5%.

The country's active Covid-19 case count has dropped to 31,368 with daily recoveries exceeding daily infections.

In the same time frame, 316 infections were reported in the capital city while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur reported 74 and 29 cases respectively.

So far, a total of 3,361,468 people have received coronavirus vaccine across the country, of which 2,604,866 have received the first dose while only 756,602 individuals have been inoculated with both the doses and are fully vaccinated.

Currently, there are 345 individuals in various quarantine facilities across Nepal.

On Tuesday, Nepal's coronavirus case count had reached 636,916 with 1,728 more people testing positive for the infection.

Globally, over 183 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus while 3.9 million people have lost their lives to the disease.

Likewise, over 167 million people have recovered while more than 11 million cases are still active.