Kathmandu, April 15
The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the country’s Covid-19 tally has reached 282,054 as of Thursday afternoon.
The ministry says 490 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours.
In this period, 3,588 swab samples were tested. So far, 2 million and 329,547 people have been tested in the country.
Meanwhile, in the same period, 564 people underwent antigen tests for the virus, of which an additional 64 tested positive.
As of today, 4,384 cases are active.
Of the total cases so far, 274,604 people have achieved recovery whereas 3,066 died, according to the ministry. In the past 24 hours, 157 people have been discharged whereas five deaths were reported.
Around 60 people are quarantined across the country.
