The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Wednesday reported 283 new cases of coronavirus in Nepal. The addition of new cases has taken the country’s COVID-19 tally to 270,375.

Of the newly infected, 114 are females while 169 are males.

Likewise, the three districts of Kathmandu valley have registered 145 cases of coronavirus — 122 in Kathmandu, nine in Bhaktapur and 14 in Lalitpur — in the past 24 hours. Of the newly infected, 61 are reported to be females and 84 others male.

In the past 24 hours, 246 people diagnosed with the infection have recovered as per the data shared by the MoHP. Altogether, 265,069 individuals have recovered from COVID-19 as of today.

Currently, the country has 3,286 active cases with a 98.1 per cent recovery rate.

The ministry also reported the death of three persons from the disease in the last 24 hours. With this, the nationwide death toll from the disease has reached 2,020.

A total of 2,057,069 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests have been conducted in the country as of Wednesday.

Likewise, 3,286 people have been reported to be staying in isolation while 122 others are in the quarantine facility in the country.

Earlier, the MoHP on Tuesday had reported 303 new cases of coronavirus that had taken the country’s COVID-19 tally to 270,092.

More than 100 million people have been reported to be infected by the virus worldwide and at least 2,156,903 have died, a Reuters tally showed.