KATHMANDU, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Nepal reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, increasing the total count of cases to 120, Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population said.

In a social media post on Monday, the ministry said 10 men from south-western Kapilvastu district were tested positive for the coronavirus during the test of their swab samples at the Kathmandu-based National Public Health Laboratory.

"All of them are the people who were staying in mandatory quarantine after coming from India," Sameer Kumar Adhikari, joint spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population told Xinhua on Monday. "The number of COVID-19 cases in the district has reached 15."

Nepal has been witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. Last Thursday, the COVID-19 cases in Nepal had crossed 100 marks.

Initially, Nepal had only imported cases of COVID-19 but later it expanded to community level. The Himalayan country has been enforcing nationwide lockdown since March 24, suspending ground and air travels, closing borders for cross border movement of people, sitting down most businesses and industries, except those related to essential goods and services.

Last week, Nepal's cabinet decided to relax the lockdown in 44 sectors related to health services, industries, construction projects, goods transportation and banking and financial services among others.

Nepal has so far reported no death from COVID-19, and 31 infected people with COVID-19 has already recovered, the Health Ministry said. Enditem

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