KATHMANDU: As many as five 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 3,066 as of Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Nepal recorded a total of 534 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 490 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 44 have been tested positive through the Antigen method.
According to the Ministry, 145 persons in Kathmandu, 43 in Lalitpur, and 8 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for the pandemic virus, as of Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, 157 persons have returned home after complete health recovery today.
Out of the total infected, 91 persons have been kept in ICU while 35 are in the ventilator.
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