Kathmandu October,21
The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that Nepal’s Covid-19 tally has reached 901,293 as of Thursday afternoon. The ministry said 545 new cases were confirmed, 726 people have achieved recovery whereas 8 deaths have been reported in the country in the past 24 hours.
In this time period, 6,586 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which returned 470 returned positive. Similarly, 1,963 people underwent antigen tests for the virus, of which an additional 75 tested positive.
Of total tests, 7.13 percent of the PCR and 3.82 percent of antigen samples returned positive, keeping the overall per-day positivity rate at 6.37 percent.
As of today, there are 11,315 active cases across the country. Of them, 785 are hospitalized, 288 in intensive care units and 98 on ventilators.
Of the total cases, 784,881 people have achieved recovery. Furthermore, 11,326 died, according to the ministry till the date. The country’s recovery rate is 97.1 percent and the death rate is 1.4 percent.
Simultaneously, 26,568 people were vaccinated today.
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