Nepal records 680 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths on Tuesday

Nepal logged 680 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Tuesday. 

With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,111,898. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,902. 

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 4,256 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 498 returned positive. Likewise, 2,839 people underwent antigen tests, of which 182 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 1,835 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 19,400 active cases in the country. 

The Ministry said that 19,982 people are staying in home isolation while 757 are in institutionalized isolation.

Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley reported 209 new cases today.

According to the Ministry, 171 cases are reported in Kathmandu, 24 in Lalitpur and 15 in Bhaktapur.