KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 264 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 241 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 23 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 112 persons in Kathmandu, 29 in Lalitpur, and 8 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the Kathmandu valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 149 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 11,588 till date.

Meanwhile, 260 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.