KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of six new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours as of Wednesday.

All six confirmed cases were detected through the RT-PCR method.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, a total of 3,473 swab samples were tested in the past 24 hours. Of them, 2,856 samples were tested through RT-PCR and 617 through the Antigen method.

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

Currently, there are 147 active cases in the country as eight infected patients recovered in the past 24 hours.