22 January 2022, Kathmandu
The country recorded a total of 10,254 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours as of Saturday.
Of the confirmed cases today, 8,212 were detected through the RT-PCR method and 2,042 from the antigen method.
Likewise, there are 3,762 cases in Kathmandu, 434 in Bhaktapur and 1110 in Lalitpur, taking the total cases in the valley to 5,306 in the past 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, there were 16 coronavirus-related deaths reported in the past 24 hours. With this, the COVID-19 death toll in the country is 11,651 to date.
Currently, there are 72,862 active cases in the country.
In the past 24-hour period, 708 infected patients recovered.
