A total of 8,866 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 19 Covid-19-related fatalities, which included the number of deaths managed by Nepal Army on different dates.
The countrywide death toll has now reached 10,038.The number of active cases stands at 35,432.
According to the ministry, 667,270 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; 1,722 of them in the last 24 hours.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 910 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of these, 593 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 189 in Lalitpur and 128 in Bhaktapur.
In the past 24 hours, 243 new infections were recorded in Province 1, 34 in Province 2, 1,203 in Bagmati, 528 in Gandaki, 99 in Lumbini, 93 in Karnali and 31 Sudurpaschim.
According to the data released by the ministry, 16 districts are home to more than 500 active cases each and 20 other districts host more than 200 active cases each.
On Saturday, 746 individuals infected with the virus were being treated in intensive care units across the country. Another 169—48 in Province 1, 97 in Bagmati, two in Gandaki, 16 in Lumbini, two in Karnali and four in Sudurpaschim—were on ventilator support.
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