KATHMANDU: As many as 28 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 1,389 as of this afternoon.

Meanwhile, a total of 1,948 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 2,26,026 with fresh cases as of Wednesday afternoon.

A total of 3,140 individuals got discharged from the hospitals in the past 24 hours while the number of people winning the battle against the virus reached 2,07,998 in the country.

Nepal currently has 16,639 active cases.

Likewise, 669 people are in quarantine facilities across the country at present.