KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 81 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the coronavirus tally reached 274,065 in the country as of Saturday afternoon.

Likewise, the Ministry shared that now the country has 967 reported active cases of the virus.

In the past 24 hours, altogether 62 have recovered from the coronavirus infection in the country.

So far, 270,325 people have recovered from the coronavirus infection in the country.

Similarly, the ministry shared that two new fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 2,773.