Nine persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepalgunj on Sunday.
Five male and four female aged between seven to 58 years have been infected in Nepalgunj, according to Spokesperson at the Health Ministry Bikash Devkota.
Similarly, one person in Birgunj, Parsa has also tested positive on Sunday. The infected person is a 26-year-old man from Chhapkaiya, Birgunj-3.
The total number of infected persons has now reached 69. Sixteen of them have returned home after recovery. One of the 16, a youth from Rautahat, however has again been admitted to the hospital on Sunday.