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Nepal reported 33 new Covid-19 cases on Monday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 942 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 32 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 117 people underwent antigen tests, of which one was tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 89 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 842 active cases in the country.

Three children died following a cooking gas cylinder explosion at Lama Tole in Maneshwora of Bahrabise Municipality-8, Sindhupalchowk on Sunday.

Locals said that the incident took place at the house of Min Bahadur Tamang at around 7 pm yesterday.

The deceased have been identified as Min Bahadur's son Ishak Tamang (10), his brother Kumar Tamang's six-year-old son Sargam Tamang and neighbour Padam Tamang's two-year-old daughter Dibya Tamang.

Ward Chairman Suraj Tamang said that they died in a fire triggered by the cooking gas cylinder explosion.

Min Bahadur, however, sustained injuries in the incident.

He has been taken to a hospital for treatment.

A person died and two other sustained injuries when motorbike they were riding on met with an accident at Tankisinabari in Budhiganga Rural Municipality-2 of Morang district.

The deceased has been identified as bike (Ko 17 Pa 7672) rider Anish Karki (22) of Khanar, Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-12, Sunsari.

DSP Deepak Shrestha, spokesperson at the District Police Office, said that the incident occurred at around 9:30 pm yesterday.

Critically injured in the incident, Karki breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Budhiganga Rural Municipality-based Birat Teaching Hoapital at around 10 pm, police said.

Suman Rajbansi (21) of Jahada Rural Municipality and Ronish Dahal (18) of Biratnagar, who were injured in the incident, are receiving treatment at the Birat Teaching Hospital.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Nepal reported 23 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 5, 847 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 23 returned positive. 

The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 66 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 899 active cases in the country.

Among them, 858 are in home isolation and 41 are in institutionalized isolation. 

Of the infected people, 15 are in Intensive Care Units while two are on ventilators.