The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Friday reported 175 new cases of coronavirus in Nepal. The addition of new cases has taken the country’s COVID-19 tally to 270,745.

Of the newly infected, 59 are females while 98 are males.

Likewise, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have registered 82 cases of coronavirus — 63 in Kathmandu, five in Bhaktapur and 14 in Lalitpur — in the past 24 hours. Of the newly infected, 34 are reported to be females and 48 others male.

In the past 24 hours, 333 people diagnosed with the infection have recovered as per the data shared by the MoHP. Altogether, 265,698 individuals have recovered from COVID-19 as of Friday.

Currently, the country has 3,022 active cases with a 98.1 per cent recovery rate.

As many as five persons succumbed to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the MoHP shared. With this, the nationwide death toll from the disease has reached 2,025.

A total of 2,064,081 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests have been conducted in the country as of Friday.

Likewise, 3,022 people have been reported to be staying in isolation while 111 others are in the quarantine facility in the country.

Earlier, the MoHP on Thursday had reported 213 new cases of coronavirus that had taken the country’s COVID-19 tally to 270,588.

More than 101 million people have been reported to be infected by the virus worldwide and at least 2,188,695 have died, a Reuters tally showed.