Nepal recorded 1,041 COVID-19 cases Saturday.
Health Ministry Spokesperson Dr Jageshwore Gautam said during the daily press briefing that the total number of cases now has increased to 45,577. Similarly, 1,566 persons have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total to 27, 127.
The government has conducted 12,473 PCR tests in the past 24 hours taking the total number of tests to 757,963 across the country until now.
Nepal has reported nine more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours taking the total death toll to 280.