KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 254 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 242 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 12 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 119 persons in Kathmandu, 30 in Lalitpur, and 5 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the Kathmandu valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 154 in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry, one more person has succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours taking the coronavirus death toll in the country 11,554 till date.

Meanwhile, 234 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.