Kathmandu, Jan 18 (PTI) Nepal on Tuesday registered a record 10,258 fresh cases of COVID-19, the largest single-day rise so far, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.

The Kathmandu Valley alone recorded 5,549 cases, it said.

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As many as 22,828 swab samples were tested. Of them, 8,730 polymerase chain reaction and 1,528 antigen tests turned out to be positive.

The ministry said this was the first time when the COVID-19 cases have crossed the 10,000-mark in Nepal.

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There are currently 39,223 active cases across the country. Among them, 37,826 are in self-isolation, 1,218 in institutional isolation, 151 in ICUs and 28 on ventilators.

So far, 11,624 people have died of coronavirus in the country.

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