5 January 2021, Kathmandu
The country recorded a total of 522 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the coronavirus tally reached 2,62,784 in the country as of Tuesday afternoon.
Likewise, the Ministry shared that now the country has 5,225 reported active cases of the virus.
In the past 24 hours, altogether 578 infected people got recovery from the virus infection. So far, 2,55,666 people recovered from the coronavirus infection in the country.
Similarly, 8 persons succumbed to the virus across the country in the past 24 hours, hitting the total COVID-19 related deaths to 1,893.