KATHMANDU, June 5: Ministry of Health and Population reported new 278 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours in various parts of Nepal.
With this, Nepal's COVID-19 tally surged to 2912 on Friday, according to Bikash Devkota, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population.
With 473 cases of coronavirus today, Nepal's COVID-19 tally jum...
"Of the infected, 2717 are males and 195 are females," the spokesperson told a daily press briefing.
Likewise, 43 COVID-19 patients from various parts of the country returned home after recovery today alone.
Meanwhile, spokesperson Devkota informed that Nepal's COVID-19 death toll climbed to 11 on Friday. A 20-year-old youth from Panchapuri Municipality-1, Hansegaun, in Surkhet district has succumbed to COVID-19 infection, according to him.
The young man had returned home earlier on Wednesday after staying at a quarantine facility for 14 days. He, however, died on Thursday morning at 2:15. His swab samples collected after his death tested positive for the virus via the PCR method.