KATHMANDU, August 20: Nepal recorded 577 recoveries and 299 new cases of COVID-19 infection on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
As many as 4,337 swab samples were tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Of them, 180 PCR and 119 antigen tests turned out to be positive for the virus.
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With the recovered number exceeding the new cases, the active cases of COVID-19 has dropped to 4,625.
According to the MoHP, two individuals died of the coronavirus during the period. So far, 11,992 people have died from the virus across the country.
