KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 545 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 470 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 75 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 147 persons in Kathmandu, 51 in Lalitpur, and 16 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the Kathmandu valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 214 in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry, 8 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 726 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.