With 72 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Thursday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 1002,373.

According to Ministry of Health and Population, in 456 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours 72 person were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.

Out of 1189 antigen test, 31 found positive. Currently, there are 397 active cases of COVID-19 across the nation while 26 patients are admitted to hospitals. Out of 26, 3 in ventilator and 8 are in ICU.

Meanwhile, 61 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment in institutional isolation or staying in home isolation recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours. Nepal has now recorded 989,051 cases of recovery, and the recovery rate is at 98.8 per cent.

The MoHP on Thursday reported no COVID-19 related fatalities to the nation's COVID-19 death toll, which has now reached 12,025.