Update of March 8 Regarding COVID-19 Infection

  March 8, 2022 By: INSEC

The number of COVID-19 infected people has reached 977,641 after additional 74 new cases were detected positive in Nepal on March 8, 2022. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 959,817 of the total infected have recovered, and the recovery rate has reached 98.2% along with 348 latest recovered. There are 5,875 active infected cases at present.

According to the Ministry, 3,338 swab tests were conducted in the past 24 hours. Out of the total number of tests conducted on March 8, 2% were diagnosed positive and overall there were 17.9% people diagnosed positive till now.

Till now, the death toll has reached 11,949. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, one died on March 8.

On March 8, 2,756 people were tested through the antigen process among which 120 were diagnosed positive with COVID-19. Till date, 139,687 people have been diagnosed positive with the antigen method. The number of infected, cured, and active cases has not been separated in this data. Till March 8, 18,151,365 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 


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