KATHMANDU: The country recorded a total of 362 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the coronavirus tally reached 264,521 in the country as of Saturday afternoon.

Likewise, the Ministry shared that now the country has reported 4,681 active cases of the virus.

In the past 24 hours, altogether 699 infected people got recovery from the virus infection. So far, 257,928 people recovered from the coronavirus infection in the country.

Similarly, three persons succumbed to the virus across the country in the past 24 hours, hitting the total COVID-19 related deaths to 1,912.