Nepal reports 2,526 fresh Covid-19 cases and 16 deaths; positivity rate at 23 percent

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Kathmandu: Nepal reported 2,526 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Population on Friday.

The new cases were detected from 11,073 tests. The daily positivity rate stands at 22.8 percent. With this, the active caseload in the country stands at 56,457.

Likewise, 8,425 patients recovered from the disease during this period taking the total number of recoveries to 895,868. The recovery rate currently is 92.9 percent.

A total of 16 patients lost their lives taking the death toll in the country to 11,794.