KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded a total of one new case of coronavirus in the past 24 hours as of Tuesday.

The confirmed case was detected through the RT-PCR method.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, a total of 437 swab samples were tested in the past 24 hours.

All the confirmed cases were tested through RT-PCR method.

Currently, there are 201 active cases in the country as 35 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 12,019 to date.