Nepal records 570 new Covid-19 cases, six deaths on Thursday

Nepal logged 570 new Covid-19 cases and six deaths on Thursday. 

With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,112,537. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,905. 

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 7, 028 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 364 returned positive. Likewise, 2,761 people underwent antigen tests, of which 206 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 1,993 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 16,616 active cases in the country. 

The Ministry said that 17,580 people are staying in home isolation while 671 are in institutionalized isolation.

Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley reported 199 new cases today.

According to the Ministry, 162 cases are reported in Kathmandu, 25 in Lalitpur and 12 in Bhaktapur.