KATHMANDU: Witnessing an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the past few days, Nepal recorded a total of 121 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours as of Sunday.

Out of the confirmed cases, 104 were detected through the RT-PCR method and 17 through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, a total of 3,045 swab samples were tested in the past 24 hours. Of them, 1,700 samples were tested through RT-PCR and 1,345 through the Antigen method.

Currently, there are 678 active cases in the country as 31 infected patients recovered in the past 24 hours.

No person died due to coronavirus in the past 24 hours. The COVID-19 death toll in the country remains constant at 11,952 to date.