The total number of persons diagnosed with COVID-19 in Nepal has reached 675 with 72 more including three in Kathmandu testing positive Monday.
Twenty-six of the new cases are from Rautahat, 23 from Bara, seven from Dailekh, four from Banke, three each from Dhanusha and Kapilvastu, two from Saptari and one from Bardiya, according to the Health Ministry.
Two of those infected in Kathmandu are from Tokha municipality and one from Budhanilkantha.
The total number of infection in Nepal has now reached 675 with four of them succumbing to the virus.