KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 236 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 217 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 19 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 76 persons in Kathmandu, 36 in Lalitpur, and 13 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the Kathmandu valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 125 in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry, two people have succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours taking the coronavirus death toll in the country 11,579 till date.

Meanwhile, 272 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.