KATHMANDU: The country recorded 1,446 new cases of coronavirus, an alarming surge in the virus transmission in the country of late, while 255 infected patients recovered in the past 24 hours.
Of the confirmed cases, 1,357 were detected through the RT-PCR method and 89 from the antigen method.
Likewise, there are 675 cases in Kathmandu, 65 in Bhaktapur and 136 in Lalitpur, taking the total cases in the valley to 876 in the past 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, there were two coronavirus-related deaths reported in the past 24 hours. With this, the COVID-19 death toll in the country is 11,606 till date.
There are 7,855 active cases of coronavirus in Nepal as of Monday.
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