KATHMANDU: A total of 16 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 1,321  as of Sunday afternoon.

Meanwhile, as many as 1,669 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 2,20,308 with fresh cases as of Sunday afternoon.

A total of 5,699 individuals got discharged from the hospitals in the past 24 hours while the number of people winning the battle against the virus reached 1,99,024 in the country.

Nepal currently has 19,963 active cases.

Likewise, 686 people are in quarantine facilities across the country at present.