KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 968 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 762 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 206 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 231 persons in Kathmandu, 41 in Lalitpur, and 30 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the Kathmandu valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 302 in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry, 6 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 1114 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.