KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 1,282 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 975 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 307 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 285 persons in Kathmandu, 66 in Lalitpur, and 43 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the Kathmandu valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 394 in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry, 7 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 1,262 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.