KATHMANDU : Nepal registered 150 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to nearly 18,000, the health ministry said on Tuesday.The new infections were confirmed after testing 3,963 specimens through Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests in the last 24 hours, said Dr.
Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson for the ministry.The Kathmandu Valley has recorded eight coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.
Nepal has recorded 17,994 COVID-19 cases till Tuesday.No COVID-19 fatality was reported during the last 48 hours. The country has reported 40 deaths due to the coronavirus infection.Meanwhile, 609 people have been discharged from various health facilities across the country in the last 24 hours.