KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of 18 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours as of Saturday.
All the confirmed cases were detected through the RT-PCR method.
A total of 4,947 swab samples were tested in the past 24 hours. Of them, 3,691 samples were tested through RT-PCR and 1,256 through the Antigen method.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, no one died due to coronavirus in the past 24 hours. The COVID-19 death toll in the country stands at 11,951 to date.
Currently, there are 283 active cases in the country as 17 infected patients recovered in the past 24 hours.
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