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Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll reaches 5,215 with 214 new fatalities


17 May 2021  

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KATHMANDU: As many as 214 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 5,215 as of Sunday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Nepal recorded a total of 9,274 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 9,198 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 49 have been tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 2,346 persons in Kathmandu, 454 in Lalitpur, and 298 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for the pandemic virus, making the capital valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 3,098 in past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 5,767 persons have returned home after complete health recovery from COVID-19.

Publish Date : 17 May 2021 17:20 PM

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