KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 158 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 154 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 4 tested positive through the Antigen method.
According to the Ministry, 42 persons in Kathmandu, 13 in Lalitpur, and 7 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the Kathmandu valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 61 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 11,523 till date.
Meanwhile, 342 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.
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