KATHMANDU, May 22 -- Nepal has reported a total of 487 cases of COVID-19 as of Friday morning since the first case was confirmed on January 24.

According to the latest statement issued by the Ministry of Health and Population, a 45 -year-old male from Binaya Tribeni Rural Municipality-6 in Nawalparasi [East], a 74-year-old male and a 73-year-old female of Bharatpur-6, Chitwan tested positive for coronavirus during lab tests conducted at the Kathmandu-based National Public Health Laboratory and Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan .

Similarly, a 33-year-old female and a 15-year-old girl of Susta Rural Municipality-5, two males (aged 33 and 35) of Ramgram Municipality-3 and 18 in Nawalparasi also contracted the virus, according to the ministry.

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