Nepal records 5, 292 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths on Monday

Nepal logged 5, 292 new Covid-19 cases and eight deaths on Monday.

With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,082,668. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,743.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 10,368 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 3,472 returned positive. Likewise, 5,720 people underwent antigen tests, of which 1,820 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 8,191 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 79,272 active cases in the country.

The Ministry said that 862,898 infected people have recovered from the disease so far.

The Ministry said that 77,665 people are staying in home isolation while 1, 607 are in institutionalized isolation.

Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley reported 1772 new cases today.

According to the Ministry, 1,361 cases are reported in Kathmandu, 271 in Lalitpur and 90 in Bhaktapur.