A total of 9,157 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 11,586. The number of active cases stands at 4,931.
According to the ministry, 811,005 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; 225 of them in the last 24 hours.
Kathmandu Valley recorded 165 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of these, 132 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 19 in Lalitpur and 14 in Bhaktapur.
In the past 24 hours, 15 new infections were recorded in Province 1, two in Province 2, 180 in Bagmati, 22 in Gandaki, 16 in Lumbini, one in Karnali and 15 in Sudurpaschim.
On Monday, 78 individuals infected with the virus were being treated in intensive care units across the country. Another 23—five in Province 1, 17 in Bagmati and one in Sudurpaschim—were on ventilator support.
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