A total of 9,921 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 four Covid-19-related fatalities.
The countrywide death toll has now reached 11,500. The number of active cases stands at 7,269.
According to the ministry, 800,617 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; 258 of them in the last 24 hours.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 170 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of these, 124 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 36 in Lalitpur and 10 in Bhaktapur.
In the past 24 hours, 49 new infections were recorded in Province 1, 12 in Province 2, 224 in Bagmati, 41 in Gandaki, 33 in Lumbini, one in Karnali and seven in Sudurpaschim.
On Monday, 230 individuals infected with the virus were being treated in intensive care units across the country. Another 55—16 in Province 1, 28 in Bagmati and 11 in Gandaki—were on ventilator support.
Nepal on Sunday reported 232 new coronavirus cases and one death. Similarly, 209 new coronavirus cases and one death were reported on Saturday and 271 new coronavirus cases and five deaths were reported on Friday.
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