Kathmandu, Aug 8 (PTI) Nepal reported 2,548 new coronavirus infections, taking the country's COVID-19 tally to 783,355 as of Sunday, according to the health ministry.

The Ministry of Health and Population said the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has jumped to 10,093 with 55 fresh deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

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In this period, 9,033 swab samples were tested under the RT-PCR method, of which 2,137 turned out positive. A total of 3,345 people underwent antigen tests for the virus, of which an additional 411 tested positive, it said.

There are 35,485 COVID-19 active people undergoing treatment across the country. In the past 24 hours, 2,029 people have recovered, it said.

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Of the total cases so far, 669,299 people have recovered.

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