KATHMANDU, July 11: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed three more COVID-19 deaths in Nepal on Saturday.
At a virtual media briefing, spokesperson for the ministry Jageshwar Gautam said that 60-year-old male from Sankhamul of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, 45-year-old man from Gokarneswar Municipality and 45-year-old man from Sindhupalchowk who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 died in course of treatment.
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With this, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll has risen to 38 on Saturday.
According to him, only 70 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the past 24 hours. "With this, Nepal's COVID-19 tally soared to 16,719 today," Gautam added.
