A total of 5,316 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 11 Covid-19-related fatalities, which included the number of deaths managed by Nepal Army on different dates.
The countrywide death toll has now reached 11,399. The number of active cases stands at 9,526.
According to the ministry, 791,269 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; 911 of them in the last 24 hours.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 168 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of these, 103 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 45 in Lalitpur and 20 in Bhaktapur.
In the past 24 hours, 46 new infections were recorded in Province 1, 14 in Province 2, 194 in Bagmati, 13 in Gandaki, 23 in Lumbini, one in Karnali and six in Sudurpaschim.
According to the data released by the ministry, three districts are home to more than 500 active cases each; nine other districts host more than 200 active cases each and one district—Mugu—has active zero cases.
On Saturday, 234 individuals infected with the virus were being treated in intensive care units across the country. Another 68-19 in Province 1, 40 in Bagmati, two in Gandaki, five in Lumbini and one each in Karnali and Sudurpaschim—were on ventilator support.
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