Kathmandu, July 3
The Ministry of Health and Population has informed that the country’s Covid-19 tally has reached 15,259 as of Friday afternoon.
In his daily press briefing in Kathmandu, the ministry’s spokesperson Jageshwor Gautam said 740 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours. In total, 4,483 swab samples were tested in this period. Nepal has tested over 240,000 people for coronavirus so far.
Of the total cases so far, 6,143 people have achieved recovery whereas 32 died, according to him. In the past 24 hours, 823 people have been discharged whereas additional one death has been confirmed.
The disease has spread across all 77 districts of the country. Of them, Mahottari, Rautahat, Sarlahi, Kapilvastu, Palpa, Dang, Dailekh, and Kailali have more than 500 cases each.
