KATHMANDU: As many as 129 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 6,154 as of Saturday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Nepal recorded a total of 8,980 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 8,591  persons have tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 389 have been tested positive through the Antigen method.

Meanwhile, 8,848 persons have returned home after complete health recovery from COVID-19.