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Nepal reports first Covid-19 death in over two months
According to the Health Ministry, a person died of Covid-related complications on Saturday, taking the country-wide death toll to 12,020.
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Published at : January 7, 2023
Updated at : January 7, 2023 18:23
Kathmandu
Nepal on Saturday reported the first Covid-19 death in 75 days.
The last time the country witnessed Covid-19-related death was on October 24. The countrywide death toll has reached 12,020 since the pandemic began, the Health Ministry said.
On Saturday, three people tested positive in 555 polymerase chain reaction tests taking the nationwide infection tally to 1,001,020.
According to the ministry, 988,979 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; two of them in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases stands at 21.
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