KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 2,714 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1,855 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 859 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 536 persons in Kathmandu, 130 in Lalitpur, and 85 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the capital valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 751 in the past 24 hours.

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

Meanwhile, 1,288 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.