A total of 11,354 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 35 Covid-19-related fatalities, which included the number of deaths managed by Nepal Army on different dates.
The countrywide death toll has now reached 9,957. The number of active cases stands at 33,464.
According to the ministry, 661,651 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; 1,535 of them in the last 24 hours.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 1,279 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of these, 908 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 206 in Lalitpur and 165 in Bhaktapur.
In the past 24 hours, 582 new infections were recorded in Province 1, 22 in Province 2, 1,644 in Bagmati, 438 in Gandaki, 163 in Lumbini, 77 in Karnali and 49 Sudurpaschim.
According to the data released by the ministry, 14 districts are home to more than 500 active cases each and 19 other districts host more than 200 active cases each.
On Wednesday, 714 individuals infected with the virus were being treated in intensive care units across the country. Another 156—45 in Province 1, 92 in Bagmati, 13 in Lumbini, two in Karnali and four in Sudurpaschim—were on ventilator support.
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