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

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

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, a total of 2,226 swab samples were tested in the past 24 hours. Of them, 1,696 samples were tested through RT-PCR and 530 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 141 active cases in the country as 13 infected patients recovered in the past 24 hours.