Kathmandu Jan 15 : Coronavirus infection rate is increasing at a high rate in Nepal. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the infection rate, which was around 2 percent on January 6, has reached 31.8 percent by January 15.

Coronavirus infection has been confirmed in an additional 4,636 people across the country.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the corona virus test of 14,556 people confirmed the infection in 3703 people through PCR method and 933 people through antigen method. The infection was confirmed in 5,087 people on Friday.

In the same period, another 350 people have been recovered from infection. Out of the total number of infected people in Nepal, 8,16,003 have become infected. With the addition of infected, the recovery rate in Nepal has reached 96.1 percent.
Currently, the number of active infected people in Nepal is 21,584.

Four more corona virus infections have died in the last 24 hours. The death rate of Covid-19 is 1.4 percent and so far 11,617 people have died in Nepal. An additional 4,35,193 people across the country have also been vaccinated against Covid-19.