KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 181 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 133 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 48 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 64 persons in Kathmandu, 13 in Lalitpur, and 6 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the Kathmandu valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 83 in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry, one person has succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours taking the coronavirus death toll in the country 11,573 till date.

Meanwhile, 289 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.