Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll reaches 3,362 with 37 new fatalities

KATHMANDU: As many as 37 COVID-19 patients have reportedly succumbed to the coronavirus pandemic in the last 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the new deaths have taken the country’s death toll to 3,362 as of Monday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Nepal recorded a total of 7,448 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 7,388 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 60 have been tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 2,922 persons in Kathmandu, 522 in Lalitpur, and 222 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for the pandemic virus, as of Monday afternoon.

According to the Ministry, there are 54,041 active cases as of Monday afternoon.

Meanwhile, 2,021 persons have returned home after complete health recovery from COVID-19.