Nepal records 77 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death on Friday

Nepal logged 77 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Friday. 

With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,082,668. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,743. 

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 5, 607 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 62 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 374 people underwent antigen tests, of which 15 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 181 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 5, 212 active cases in the country. 

Among them, 5, 108 people are staying in home isolation while 104 are in institutionalized isolation.