KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 79 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the coronavirus tally reached 2,75,829 in the country as of Saturday afternoon.

Likewise, the Ministry shared that the country has currently 998 active cases of the virus.

In the past 24 hours, altogether 82 have recovered from the coronavirus infection in the country.

So far, 2,71,815 people have recovered from the coronavirus infection in the country.

Similarly, no additional deaths connected to COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, keeping the country’s death toll to 3,016.