121 new cases in 24 hours, active cases surge to 678

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, July 10: With 121 new cases (RT-PCR and antigen combinedly) of COVID-19 confirmed on Sunday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 980,317.

In 1,700 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 104 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Sunday.

Likewise, the virus infection was detected in 17 people in 1,345 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours.

Currently, there are 678 active cases of COVID-19 across the nation of which, 16 are admitted to institutional isolation while 662 patients are placed in home isolation. Out of which seven are in ICU and one is on ventilator support. 

Meanwhile, 31 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment in institutional isolation or staying in home isolation recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours. Nepal has now recorded 967,687 cases of recovery, and the recovery rate is at 98.7 per cent.

No fatality related to COVID-19 was recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the MoHP. So far, Nepals' COVID-19 death toll has reached 11,952.