Kathmandu, Jan 6:  In the last 24 hours, an additional 540 people have been infected with the corona virus, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.

A corona virus infection was confirmed in 216 people on Jan 6. Since then, the number of infected people has been increasing day by day. According to the ministry, 326 people were confirmed infected on January 5, 396 on January 4 and 435 on December 3. In the last 24 hours, 271 people have been recovered with the corona virus and one has died.

With the addition on Thursday, the total number of corona virus infected in Nepal has reached 926,925. At the same time, the death toll in Nepal has reached 11,602 and 813,447 people have been declared free of infection. According to the Ministry, the number of active infected people across the country is currently 5,431.

Out of which 5 thousand 69 are in home isolation and 362 are in institutional isolation. Of the corona virus patients, 79 are being treated in ICU and 14 in ventilator. Similarly, corona virus infection has been confirmed in 11 children under 10 years of age and 56 corona virus infections have been added in the age group of 11 to 20 years.

310 infected in Kathmandu Valley

Similarly, 310 more corona virus infected people have been added in Kathmandu Valley. According to the ministry, 221 cases of corona virus infection have been confirmed in Kathmandu, 59 in Lalitpur and 30 in Bhaktapur.