KATHMANDU: As many as 169 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 6,700 as of Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Nepal recorded a total of 8,636 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 8,387 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 249 have been tested positive through the Antigen method.
According to the Ministry, 1,863 persons in Kathmandu,427 in Lalitpur, and 323 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for the pandemic virus, making the capital valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 2,613 in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, 6,404 persons have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19.
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