A total of 7,231 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 one Covid-19-related fatality.
The countrywide death toll has now reached 11,524. The number of active cases stands at 6,944.
According to the ministry, 802,653 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; 264 of them in the last 24 hours.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 115 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of these, 78 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 30 in Lalitpur and seven in Bhaktapur.
In the past 24 hours, 34 new infections were recorded in Province 1, 12 in Province 2, 137 in Bagmati, 34 in Gandaki, 17 in Lumbini, one in Karnali and eight in Sudurpaschim.
On Monday, 159 individuals infected with the virus were being treated in intensive care units across the country. Another 37—12 in Province 1, 22 in Bagmati, one in Gandaki and two in Lumbini—were on ventilator support.
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