KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 1,640 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1,347 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 293 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 349 persons in Kathmandu, 150 in Lalitpur, and 69 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the Kathmandu valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 568 in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry, 10 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 2,161 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.