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17 more succumb to COVID-19; Nepal’s death toll reaches 1,594



KATHMANDU: A total of 17 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 1,594 as of Saturday afternoon.

Meanwhile, as many as 1,096 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 2,40,981 with fresh cases as of Sunday afternoon.

A total of 1,752 individuals got discharged from the hospitals in the past 24 hours while the number of people winning the battle against the virus reached 2,25,805 in the country.

Nepal currently has 13,582 active cases.

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

Publish Date : 06 December 2020 17:15 PM

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