KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 3,365 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2,335 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 1,030 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 597 persons in Kathmandu, 155 in Lalitpur, and 108 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the capital valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 860 in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry, 16 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 1,373 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.