Kathmandu: The country reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Health and Population said the new cases were confirmed from 4,010 sample tests conducted during the same period.

Likewise, 21 individuals recovered from the flu-like infection during the same period, the Ministry said. With this, a total of 966,789 persons recovered from COVID-19 till today. Recovery rate stands at 98.8 per cent.

The Ministry said no casualty was reported from the infection in the past 24 hours. Likewise, altogether 22,106 people received vaccines against COVID-19 today alone. Currently, there are 201 active cases of coronavirus infection.