With new record high daily spike on Thursday, coronavirus cases in Nepal have inched closer to 100,000, Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population said.

The Nepali government on Thursday reported 4,364 new cases. It is the first time that the Himalayan country reported more than 4,000 cases in a single day.

"With record high new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the number of cases in the country has reached 98,617," Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the health ministry said at a regular press briefing.

The last record high daily infections were reported on Wednesday when the country registered 3,439 cases.

As many as 58 percent of the total COVID-19 cases were reported in Kathmandu Valley, where there are the thickest settlements of people. According to the health ministry, 2,540 cases were reported in the Valley.

More than 10,000 cases were reported in Kathmandu Valley within just a week, the ministry said.

"People's movement in Kathmandu's markets has been growing along with the lifting of the prohibitory orders issued by the local administrations last month," said Gautam.