Country records 76 new cases of coronavirus

KATHMANDU, May 6: The country has recorded 76 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. 

According to the Joint-Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Samir Adhikari, the latest number of coronavirus cases was confirmed in the course of conducting 1,603 tests.  The country has now 137 active cases of coronavirus so far. 

Twenty-four people are now in institutional isolation and 12 are in ICU. Similarly, the Ministry has shared that the vaccine would be administered to all children below five years, who missed receiving the vaccine, on Sunday regularly.