KATHMANDU: As many as 54 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 3,529 as of Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Nepal recorded a total of 9,070 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 8,970 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 100 have been tested positive through the Antigen method.
According to the Ministry, 3,163 persons in Kathmandu, 567 in Lalitpur, and 242 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for the pandemic virus.
According to the Ministry, there are 72,561 active cases as of Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, 2,707 persons have returned home after complete health recovery from COVID-19.
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