Kathmandu, 24 June: New cases of Covid-19 have been increasing as of late. The infection of the virus has been confirmed in 49 people, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). The number of new infections was 31 on Wednesday and 19 on Tuesday. Thursday's infection was confirmed in 2,494 samples tested in the past 24 hours. During the period, 12 people have recovered. The number of active case stands at 163. Nepal's latest caseload has reached 979,457 including 967,342 recoveries, 163 active cases and 11, 952 deaths. People's News Monitoring Service