A total of 6,061 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 three Covid-19-related fatalities, which included the number of deaths managed by Nepal Army on different dates.
The countrywide death toll has now reached 11,348. The number of active cases stands at 10,201.
According to the ministry, 787,507 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; 877 of them in the last 24 hours.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 209 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of these, 159 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 41 in Lalitpur and nine in Bhaktapur.
In the past 24 hours, 81 new infections were recorded in Province 1, 16 in Province 2, 293 in Bagmati, 67 in Gandaki, 58 in Lumbini, six in Karnali and one in Sudurpaschim.
According to the data released by the ministry, three districts are home to more than 500 active cases each; 13 other districts host more than 200 active cases each and one district-Mugu—has active zero cases.
On Sunday, 273 individuals infected with the virus were being treated in intensive care units across the country. Another 85-25 in Province 1, 51 in Bagmati, two in Gandaki, four in Lumbini, one in Karnali and two in Sudurpaschim—were on ventilator support.
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