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Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll reaches 3,579 with 50 new fatalities



KATHMANDU: As many as 50 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 3,579 as of Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Nepal recorded a total of 9,196 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 9,023 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 173 have been tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 3,089 persons in Kathmandu, 643 in Lalitpur, and 374 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for the pandemic virus, making the capital valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 4,106 in past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 2,905 persons have returned home after complete health recovery from COVID-19.

Publish Date : 07 May 2021 18:32 PM

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