A total of 8,402 PCR tests were performed in the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry.
In its regular situation report, the ministry did not mention the death toll over the past 24 hours. It, however, reported 18 Covid-19-related fatalities, which included the number of deaths managed by Nepal Army on different dates.
The countrywide death toll has now reached 9,875. The number of active cases stands at 31,298.
According to the ministry, 656,197 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; 2,020 of them in the last 24 hours.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 851 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of these, 594 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 166 in Lalitpur and 91 in Bhaktapur.
In the past 24 hours, 523 new infections were recorded in Province 1, 37 in Province 2, 995 in Bagmati, 262 in Gandaki, 95 in Lumbini, 58 in Karnali and 11 Sudurpaschim.
According to the data released by the ministry, 13 districts are home to more than 500 active cases each and 22 other districts host more than 200 active cases each.
On Sunday, 677 individuals infected with the virus were being treated in intensive care units across the country. Another 169—53 in Province 1, 94 in Bagmati, 10 in Gandaki, six in Lumbini and three each in Karnali and Sudurpaschim—were on ventilator support.
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