World News | Nepal Reports 130 New Coronavirus Cases

Kathmandu, July 26 (PTI) Nepal registered 130 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 18,613, the health ministry said on Sunday.

The Himalayan nation's coronavirus death toll stands at 45.

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The new infections were confirmed after examining 3,300 specimens through Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests in the last 24 hours, said Dr Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson for the ministry.

In total, 3,42,457 PCR tests have been conducted in Nepal.

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The COVID-19 recovery rate is 70.5 per cent, with 13,128 patients recovering from the disease. There are 5,440 active cases, the ministry said.

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