Kathmandu, July 8
Nepal reported 2,979 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours taking the nationwide infection tally to 690,974 on Wednesday afternoon.
In this period, 7,835 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 2,077 returned positive while 4,063 people underwent antigen tests for the virus, of which an additional 902 tested positive.
In the past 24 hours, 28 death reports have been recorded. The countrywide death toll has now reached 9,291 with 26,544 active cases.
According to the ministry, 614,327 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; 1,333 of them recovered in the last 24 hours.