Kathmandu, Feb 4 

One hundred and seventy-one new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the past 24 hours in the country. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, with these new cases, total number of infected has reached 271,602 till today in the country. The Ministry further shared that of total infected, 267,292 patients have recovered till Thursday. Similarly, 227 infected people have recovered in the past 24 hours. According to the Ministry, two infected patients died in the past 24 hours in the country. With this, total deaths caused by corona virus infection have reached 2,033 till Thursday in the country.