Nepal COVID-19 Update: daily infection climbs to 12,000 plus, with 4 casualties

(Nepalis who have come from different cities of India to Nepal through a separate road near the Gauriphanta border of Kanchanpur, which borders Kailali. With the recent increase in corona infection in India, there is a tendency for people to return home. Kailali, January 20, 2022. Photo: Tilakraj Ojha-RSS)

KATHMANDU:- A record 12,338 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 24 hours in the country. The new infections were revealed in 27,497 samples tested, including 21,007 through RT-PCR and 5,331 through antigen tests, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.
The number of active cases of COVID-19 in the country has climbed to 573,28.
Also today, 649 infected recovered while four persons died of COVID-19. The total number of recoveries as of today is 818,809 while the death toll climbs to 11,632. The recovery rate is 92.2 per cent while the case fatality rate is 1.4 per cent.
Meanwhile, 234,214 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in the country today.