KATHMANDU: As many as 11 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 1,674 as of Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, 1,044 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 246,694 with fresh cases.

A total of 1,271 individuals got discharged from the hospitals in the past 24 hours while the number of people winning the battle against the virus reached 232,872 in the country.

Nepal currently has 12,148 active cases.

Likewise, 519 people are in quarantine facilities across the country at present.