Nepal records 4,961 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

ITAHARI: JAN. 16 – An additional 4,961 people have been infected with COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours across the country.

The RT-PCR approach detected 4,534 of the confirmed cases, whereas the antigen method detected 427.

Similarly, there are 2,545 cases in Kathmandu, 328 in Bhaktapur, and 474 in Lalitpur, bringing the total number of cases in the valley to 3,347 in the last 24 hours.

Similarly, 435 people have fully recovered from COVID-19, while three have died as a result of the COVID-19. So far, the COVID-19 death toll in Nepal has reached 11,620.

There are 25,680 active cases of COVID-19 in Nepal.