By TRN Online, Kathmandu, July 6: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed 180 new cases of COVID-19 today.

As many as 180 persons were found with COVID-19 infection in the last 24 hours out of 4,721 RT-PCR tests done in 25 laboratories across the country, informed Dr Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

The new cases were detected in Jhapa, Siraha, Sunsari, Khotang, Saptari, Nuwakot, Sarlahi, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Rautahat, Kavre, Okhaldhunga, Sindhupalchowk, Bara, Bhaktapur, Chitwan, Dang, Dhading, Dolakha, Gorkha, Kaski, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Makwanpur, Rautahat, Sankhuwasabha, Sindhuli, Taplejung, Argakhanchi, Baglung, Lamjung, Palpa, Pyuthan, Jajarkot, Dadeldhura, Jumla and Kailali.

Meanwhile 264 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment in various health facilities at different places in the country were discharged in the last 24 hours after recovering from the virus.

Currently, there are 9,118 active cases of the virus infection and 29,215 people who returned from abroad are in quarantine waiting for the virus testing.

With this, the national COVID-19 caseload has reached 15,964 including 6,811 cases of recovery and 35 death cases.