KATHMANDU: The recovery rate of coronavirus infection in Nepal has a positive progress as number of people combating the virus is exciting in the recent days.

Officials stated that so far 7,499 people returned home after complete recovery from the infection and it is 46.38 per cent of the total infected cases.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 688 infected people won the battle against the virus and returned home from the hospitals.

Though 25,727 people are quarantined across the country, the infection rate among the total tests is waning continuously since past five days from 16.5 per cent to 3.3 per cent, according to the Ministry.

The number of people in isolation is also decreasing from 9,084 on July 3 to 8,634 individuals on July 7.

The mortality rate among the infected is 0.2 per cent while the mortality rate in one million is 1.2 per cent.

So far, 35 individuals succumbed to the COVID-19 in the country and four districts out of 77 are free of the coronavirus infection.