Nepal reports 1,603 new COVID-19 cases, 27 deaths

KATHMANDU, July 4: A total of 1,603 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the country in the past 24 hours as of Sunday afternoon, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). 

Those new cases were detected from 4,876 PCR tests and 3,256 antigen tests conducted during the same period. 

With the latest updates,  Nepal’s COVID-19 caseload has reached 682,739. 

The ministry stated that the Kathmandu Valley witnessed 461 new cases including 342 in Kathmandu district, 88 in Lalitpur and 31 in Bhaktapur. 

Similarly, 2,552 COVID-19 patients recovered on Sunday, taking the total recovery number at 609,218.

Likewise, 27 people succumbed to the infection in the same period. The number of COVID-19 fatalities has reached 9,225 as of July 4.

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