KATHMANDU: Witnessing an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the past few days, Nepal recorded a total of 206 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours as of Wednesday.

Out of the confirmed cases, 177 were detected through the RT-PCR method and 29 through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, a total of 3,175 swab samples were tested in the past 24 hours. Of them, 2,082 samples were tested through RT-PCR and 1,093 through the Antigen method.

Currently, there are 1005 active cases in the country as 45 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.