KATHMANDU: A total of 10 COVID-19 patients succumbed to the pandemic in the last 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the new deaths have taken the country’s death toll from the coronavirus to 1,577 as of Saturday afternoon.

Meanwhile, as many as 1,024 people have been diagnosed coronavirus positive in the last 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal’s COVID-19 tally has reached 239,885 with fresh cases as of Saturday afternoon.

A total of 2,206 individuals got discharged from the hospitals in the past 24 hours while the number of people winning the battle against the virus reached 224,053 in the country.

Nepal currently has 14,255 active cases.

Likewise, 536 people are in quarantine facilities across the country at present.