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Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll hits 1,840 with eight new fatalities



KATHMANDU: As many as eight 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 1,840 as of Tuesday afternoon.

Likewise, the country recorded a total of 708 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the coronavirus tally reached 2,59,548 in the country as of Tuesday afternoon.

Likewise, the Ministry shared that now the country has 6,396 reported active cases of the virus.

In the past 24 hours, altogether 731 infected people got recovery from the virus infection. So far, 2,51,312 people recovered from the coronavirus infection in the country.

Similarly, 8 persons succumbed to the virus across the country in the past 24 hours, hitting the total COVID-19 related deaths to 1,840.

Publish Date : 29 December 2020 16:39 PM

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