Nepal records 318 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death on Thursday

Nepal logged 318 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Thursday. 

With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,115,650. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,931. 

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 5, 508 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 151 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 235 people underwent antigen tests, of which 167 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 562 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 9, 678 active cases in the country. 

The Ministry said that 9, 406 people are staying in home isolation while 272 are in institutionalized isolation.