Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 10,838

KATHMANDU: SEPT. 5 – Nepal recorded a total of 1,089 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 976 persons tested positive for COVID-19 through the RT-PCR method while 113 tested positive through the Antigen method.

According to the Ministry, 288 persons in Kathmandu, 98 in Lalitpur, and 67 in Bhaktapur have been tested positive for COVID-19, making the Kathmandu valley’s fresh coronavirus cases 453 in the past 24 hours.

Another 20 more people have died due to coronavirus in Nepal in the last 24 hours bringing the death toll to 10,838.

Meanwhile, 1,534 people have returned home after a complete health recovery from COVID-19. According to the Ministry, the number of people recovered from coronavirus has reached 727,185.