Kathmandu: Nine new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health and Population on Monday morning, taking the total number of recorded cases to 304.

Of the infected, eight people — seven males, their ages ranging from 21-30 years, and a 28-year-old female — are from Rautahat while another male, 38, is from Bara.

So far, two people have succumbed to the disease in Nepal. A 25-year-old man from Banke passed away on Sunday while the first case, that of a 29-year-old new mother from Sindhupalchok, was reported on Saturday.

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