Nepal reported 1,039 COVID-19 cases on Sunday.
Health Ministry Spokesperson Dr Jageshwore Gautam said during the daily press briefing that the total number of cases now has increased to 54,159. Similarly, 1,173 persons have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total to 38,697.
The government has conducted 9,165 PCR tests in the past 24 hours taking the total number of tests to 840,527 across the country until now.
Nepal has reported nine more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours taking the total death toll to 345.