Kathmandu, April 16
The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the country’s Covid-19 tally has reached 282,890 as of Friday afternoon.
The ministry says 836 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours.
In this period, 5,537 swab samples were tested. So far, 2 million and 335,084 people have been tested in the country.
Meanwhile, in the same period, 621 people underwent antigen tests for the virus, of which an additional 64 tested positive.
As of today, 5,008 cases are active.
Of the total cases so far, 274,812 people have achieved recovery whereas 3,070 died, according to the ministry. In the past 24 hours, 208 people have been discharged whereas four deaths were reported.
Nearly 80 people are quarantined across the country.
