Nepal records 10,703 fresh Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths on Friday

Nepal recorded 10,703 new Covid-19 cases on Friday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 18,618 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 8,815 returned positive. Likewise, 4,474 people underwent antigen tess, of which 1,888 tested positive.

Similarly, three people succumbed to the virus while 766 infected people recovered from the disease.

There are 64,374 active cases across the country as of today. Of them, 63,734 persons are in home isolation while 1,640 are in institutional isolation.

Likewise, 194 people are in the intensive care units and 35 on ventilators.