Nepal records 1, 570 new Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths on Monday

Nepal logged 1, 570 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths on Monday. 

With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,100,259. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,827. 

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 7, 874 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 1,022 returned positive. Likewise, 3,491 people underwent antigen tests, of which 548 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 6,146 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

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

The Ministry said that 38,883 people are staying in home isolation while 1, 228 are in institutionalized isolation.

Among them, 255 are in Intensive Care Unit while 42 are on ventilators.

Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley reported 437 new cases today.

According to the Ministry, 350 cases are reported in Kathmandu, 59 in Lalitpur and 28 in Bhaktapur.