KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 81 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours as of Wednesday.

Of the confirmed cases, 39 were detected through the RT-PCR method and 42 through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, a total of 3,447 swab samples were tested in the past 24 hours.

Of them, 1,097 samples were tested through RT-PCR and 2,350 through the Antigen method.

Currently, there are 1,483 active cases in the country as 175 infected patients recovered in the past 24 hours.

No coronavirus related death was recorded in the past 24 hours, and the COVID-19 death toll stands at 12,016 to date.