KATHMANDU: As many as 177 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 6,024 as of Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Nepal recorded a total of 8,607 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 8,407 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 200 have been tested positive through the Antigen method.

Meanwhile, 7,890 persons have returned home after complete health recovery from COVID-19.